Patent ID: 8441984
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G08C,H04L,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a base station for transmnitting a paging message to a mobile station during idle mode, the method comprising: providing a mobile station with a paging offset and a paging cycle to indicate to the mobile station a location of the paging listening interval within a frame structure, the paging offset and the paging cycle being provided by the base station prior to the mobile station entering idle-mode; and transmitting a multicarrier paging information message to indicate a time-slot and paging carrier for a subsequent transmission of a paging message to the mobile station during idle mode, wherein the mobile station during idle mode is configured to monitor the indicated paging carrier during the indicated time-slot of a paging listening internval for receipt of a paging message directed to the mobile station.