Patent ID: 8897818
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method in a network component, the method comprising: performing at least one of: A) for each of at least one paging occasion: transmitting, during an early paging indicator occasion in advance of the paging occasion, an early paging indicator indicative that a page is present in the paging occasion, the early paging indicator comprising at least one phase-continuous tone over the early paging indicator occasion; transmitting a page during the paging occasion; or B) for each of at least one paging occasion: transmitting, during an early paging indicator occasion in advance of the paging occasion, an early paging indicator indicative that a page is not present in the paging occasion, the early paging indicator comprising at least one phase-continuous tone over the early paging indicator occasion, wherein: a given paging occasion is associated with a group of mobile devices, the group of mobile devices comprising a plurality of subgroups of mobile devices within the group; the transmitted page is for at least one mobile device of at least one subgroup; for each subgroup for which a page is to be transmitted during the paging occasion, transmitting, during the early paging indicator occasion in advance of the paging occasion, an early paging indicator indicative that a page is present in the paging occasion comprises transmitting an early paging indicator specific to the subgroup that comprises at least one phase-continuous tone over the early paging indicator occasion and that is indicative that a page is present in the paging occasion for the subgroup; and for each subgroup for which no page is to be transmitted during the paging occasion, transmitting, during the early paging indicator occasion in advance of the paging occasion, an early paging indicator indicative that a page is not present in the paging occasion comprises transmitting an early paging indicator specific to the subgroup that comprises at least one phase-continuous tone over the early paging indicator occasion and that is indicative that a page is not present in the paging occasion for the subgroup.