Patent ID: 9655079
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for paging a terminal by a mobility management entity (MME) in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving, from a packet switched (PS) network, a first message for paging the terminal; transmitting, to a base station, a first paging message without information for a paging priority based on the first message; while waiting for a response to the first paging message, receiving, from a circuit switched (CS) network, a second message for paging the terminal; and if the received second message includes a priority indicator, transmitting, to the base station, a second paging message with the information for the paging priority, wherein the information for the paging priority is provided to request the base station to handle the second paging message in preference to the first paging message.