Patent ID: 8649807
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a switch in a radio access network (RAN) determining that a wireless communication device (WCD) should be paged, wherein the WCD is operating in a preferred coverage area; the switch determining a likelihood of roaming for the WCD, wherein the likelihood of roaming indicates the likelihood that the WCD will be handed off from the preferred coverage area to a non-preferred coverage area; based at least in part on the likelihood of roaming, the switch adjusting at least one paging-scheme setting affecting attempts to page the WCD; and paging the WCD according to the at least one adjusted paging-scheme setting; wherein determining the at least one paging-scheme setting of the switch comprises, if the likelihood of roaming is greater than a predetermined threshold, then adjusting the at least one paging-scheme setting in an effort to reduce the likelihood that the WCD will be handed off from the preferred coverage area to the non-preferred coverage area.