Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring network performance and performing stress analysis are disclosed. The disclosed method and apparatus measure system delays through a network while selectively placing loads on nodes in the network. Each node in the network recognizes and processes a directed load/performance message (DLP) that travels along a specified route and measures the delays within the network. The directed load/performance message is a self-guided packet that traverses the network along a path specified by the initiator of the message. Each node inserts its current (local) time into the directed load/performance message as the node processes the DLP message on both the forward and reverse legs of the specified path. The delay seen by each node in the network can be obtained by subtracting the time-stamps inserted in the message by each node as the node processes the message in each direction.

Abstract: An arrangement for paging mobile telephone units (MTU) in a cellular mobile system that conserves paging resources. If the elapsed time since the most recent registration of an MTU is small, then an initial page covering only the cell of the most recent cell location for the target MTU, and the neighboring cells for that cell, is used. Advantageously, since the likelihood that the MTU is still within that cell or its neighbors is high, so that paging resources are conserved by paging in only a small number of cells.

Abstract: An arrangement for paging mobile telephone units (MTU) in a cellular mobile system that conserves paging resources. If the identity of the most recent cell in which the MTU was located matches the identity of the cell wherein the MTU was location on the previous registration, then an initial page covering only the cell of the most recent call location for the target MTU, and the neighboring cells for that cell, is used. Advantageously, since the likelihood that the MTU is still within that cell or its neighbors is high, so that paging resources are conserved by paging in only a small number of cells.