Patent ID: 8600413
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting paging messages in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: time-hashing at least one user equipment (UE) to a particular subframe, the particular subframe defining a paging occasion for a paging group associated with the at least one UE; associating a paging group ID for the paging group with a downlink control channel of the paging occasion; allocating, in the downlink control channel, a paging indicator comprising one or more predefined resource elements identifying an association of a paging resource in the downlink control channel with one or more UEs of the paging group; allocating, in the downlink control channel, the paging resource indicating a paging location of a downlink shared channel; and transmitting, in the paging location of the downlink shared channel, a paging message for the one or more UEs of the paging group and associated with the paging indicator during the paging occasion.