Patent ID: 8891425
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of paging groups of access terminals within a wireless communications system, comprising: assigning one or more paging indicator (PI) bits within a quick paging channel (QPCH) to each access terminal in a given group, wherein one or more QPCH cycles that include at least one group page are configured with a given QPCH header configuration to indicate the presence of the at least one group page within the QPCH cycle and one or more other QPCH cycles that do not include any group pages are not configured with the given QPCH header configuration; receiving one or more group packets for transmission to the given group; configuring the one or more PI bits within a given QPCH cycle of the QPCH to page the given group in response to receipt of the one or more group packets, wherein the configuring further configures the given QPCH cycle with the given QPCH header configuration to facilitate decoding of the one or more PI bits within the given QPCH cycle by the given group; transmitting, prior to transmission of the given QPCH cycle, a notification to at least one access terminal in the given group of the given QPCH header configuration; and transmitting the given QPCH cycle to the given group.