Patent ID: 8437781
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: an access network maintaining data indicating which coverage areas of the access network have a short occupancy time, wherein the maintained data for at least a first coverage area is updated based on data defining the operation of access terminals in the first coverage area; the access network conducting a first paging of an access terminal in each coverage area in a first set of coverage areas; the access network determining that the access network has not received a response to the first paging from the access terminal during a first timeout period; the access network identifying, in the first set of coverage areas, a subset of one or more coverage areas having a short occupancy time; and in response to determining that the access network has not received a response to the first paging, the access network conducting a second paging of the access terminal in only each coverage area in the identified subset of one or more coverage areas.