Patent ID: 11864156
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method of operating a network element, the method comprising:
receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a request message that includes a requested offset value;
based on the request message, sending, to the UE, an accept message that includes a first offset value;
subsequent to sending the accept message, and during a first paging cycle of the UE:
paging the UE according to a first paging occasion that is based on a first UE identity index value, international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) value, wherein the first UE identity index IMSI value is based on the first offset value; and
paging the UE according to a second paging occasion that is based on a second UE identity index IMSI value, wherein the second UE identity index IMSI value is based on a second offset value that is different than the first offset value;

receiving, from the UE, a response that indicates a first of the first IMSI value or the second IMSI value; and
determining that a second of the first IMSI value or the second IMSI value is invalid based on the response.