Patent ID: 8644860
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for facilitating mobile-station paging, said apparatus comprising: a page format selector provided with groups of bits of page addresses, said page format selector configured to identify a unique page address of a mobile station, select a first bit subset of the groups of bits of the page addresses to be included in a first page message and a second bit subset of the group of bits of the page addresses included in a second page message, determine a length of each group of bits of each page address provided thereto, determine which group of bits is of a shortest length, and shorten lengths of the group of bits to be all of common lengths, wherein the unique page address is formed from the first bit subset and the second bit subset; a formatter configured to format the first page message and the second page message with portions selected by said page format selector of the groups of bits of the page addresses; and a transceiver configured to transmit the first page message using a control channel and the second page message using a physical channel different from the first channel.