A method in a wireless communication device, comprising: communicating a request message including an extended monitoring window indicator to a core network node, the extended monitoring window indicator indicating that the wireless communication device is capable of using an extended monitoring window to monitor a paging channel of a radio access node, the extended monitoring window comprising one or more paging blocks in addition to a nominal paging block associated with the wireless communication device, the extended monitoring window indicator indicating the additional paging blocks of the extended monitoring window, wherein the request message further includes a paging cycle indicator indicating that the wireless communication device monitors the nominal paging block according to a long paging cycle, the long paging cycle having a longer periodicity than that supported by specification 3GPP TS 44.018 version 12.1.0, the method further comprising: receiving a response message from the core network node; monitoring the paging channel using the extended monitoring window and the long paging cycle if the response message indicates that the core network node supports the extended monitoring window and the long paging cycle; and, monitoring the paging channel using the non-extended monitoring window and the long paging cycle if the response message does not indicate that the core network node supports the extended monitoring window but indicates that the long paging cycle is supported; and monitoring the paging channel using a non-extended monitoring window and a legacy paging cycle if the response message does not indicate that the core network node supports the extended monitoring window and does not indicate that the long paging cycle is supported, the non-extended monitoring window including the nominal paging block and excluding the additional paging blocks, the legacy paging cycle having a periodicity supported by specification 3GPP TS 44.018 version 12.1.0. communicating a request message including an extended monitoring window indicator to a core network node, the extended monitoring window indicator indicating that the wireless communication device is capable of using an extended monitoring window to monitor a paging channel of a radio access node, the extended monitoring window comprising one or more paging blocks in addition to a nominal paging block associated with the wireless communication device, the extended monitoring window indicator indicating the additional paging blocks of the extended monitoring window, wherein the request message further includes a paging cycle indicator indicating that the wireless communication device monitors the nominal paging block according to a long paging cycle, the long paging cycle having a longer periodicity than that supported by specification 3GPP TS 44.018 version 12.1.0, the method further comprising: receiving a response message from the core network node; monitoring the paging channel using the extended monitoring window and the long paging cycle if the response message indicates that the core network node supports the extended monitoring window and the long paging cycle; and, monitoring the paging channel using the non-extended monitoring window and the long paging cycle if the response message does not indicate that the core network node supports the extended monitoring window but indicates that the long paging cycle is supported; and receiving a response message from the core network node; monitoring the paging channel using the extended monitoring window and the long paging cycle if the response message indicates that the core network node supports the extended monitoring window and the long paging cycle; and, monitoring the paging channel using the non-extended monitoring window and the long paging cycle if the response message does not indicate that the core network node supports the extended monitoring window but indicates that the long paging cycle is supported; and monitoring the paging channel using a non-extended monitoring window and a legacy paging cycle if the response message does not indicate that the core network node supports the extended monitoring window and does not indicate that the long paging cycle is supported, the non-extended monitoring window including the nominal paging block and excluding the additional paging blocks, the legacy paging cycle having a periodicity supported by specification 3GPP TS 44.018 version 12.1.0.