Patent ID: 9706521
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method implemented by a user equipment device (UE) configured to operate in coverage of a base station, wherein the UE has a bearer connection extending, via the base station, between the UE and a packet data network gateway (PGW), and wherein the bearer connection has a quality of service (QoS) level, the method comprising: the UE receiving from the base station a message defining a plurality of recurring paging occasions for carrying paging messages from the base station to UEs, wherein the plurality of recurring paging occasions includes a first set of paging occasions and a second set of paging occasions, the first set of paging occasions and the second set of paging occasions being mutually exclusive, and wherein the message specifies that the first set of paging occasions are designated for carrying paging messages from the base station to UEs having bearer connections with QoS levels of a first set of one or more QoS levels and specifies that the second set of paging occasions are designated for carrying paging messages from the base station to UEs having bearer connections with QoS levels of a second set of one or more QoS levels, the first set of one or more QoS levels and the second set of one or more QoS levels being mutually exclusive; the UE making a decision, based on the QoS level of the bearer connection, of whether to monitor one or more paging occasions of the first set of paging occasions or rather to monitor one or more paging occasions of the second set of paging occasions, wherein the UE making the decision, based on the QoS level of the bearer connection, of whether to monitor one or more paging occasions of the first set of paging occasions or rather to monitor one or more paging occasions of the second set of paging occasions comprises: (i) determining that the QoS level of the bearer connection is one of the first set of one or more QoS levels, and (ii) deciding, based on the determination that the QoS level of the bearer connection is one of the first set of one or more QoS levels, to monitor one or more paging occasions of the first set of paging occasions rather than monitoring one or more paging occasions of the second set of paging occasions; and the UE monitoring, in accordance with the decision, at least one paging occasion for paging messages destined for the UE.