Patent ID: 8938265
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, at a radio access network (RAN) that is operable to send a plurality of types of messages via a paging channel in a coverage area, a message-type paging channel occupancy (PCO) for a first of the plurality of types of paging-channel messages in the coverage area, wherein determining the message-type PCO for the first type of paging-channel message comprises determining a percentage of a total paging-channel capacity in the coverage area that is utilized for the first type of page message; using the message-type PCO as a basis for selecting a concatenation level to be used in the coverage area for the first type of paging-channel message, wherein the concatenation level is selected from a plurality of possible concatenation levels; and applying concatenation according to the selected concatenation level to paging-channel messages of the first type in the coverage area.