Patent ID: 9485750
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a base station, a first group of sectors where a communication device is most likely to be located according to one of a presence of an overload condition indicator and membership of a cell within a higher priority paging group; determining, by the base station, a second group of sectors where the communication device is most likely to be located when the communication device is not in the first group of sectors according to one of a presence of an overload condition indicator and membership of a cell within a higher priority paging group; sending, by the base station, a first paging message in a first zone to the communication device wherein the first paging message is sent at the beginning of a paging interval, wherein the first zone comprises the first group of sectors; receiving a response to the first paging message when the communication device is in the first zone; and sending, by the base station, a second paging message in a second zone when the response to the first paging message is not received, wherein the second zone comprises the second group of sectors, wherein the second paging message is sent at a first offset from the sending of the first paging message, and wherein the first offset occurs less than one paging interval after the sending of the first paging message, wherein the first paging message is sent over a first distance, wherein the second paging message is sent over a second distance, and wherein the first distance is different from the second distance.