A method (1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800) for paging user equipment (1412, 1414, 1416, 1418) in a wireless network, comprising mapping, by a network node, a paging indication to one or more resource elements, wherein the one or more resource elements are resource elements in one or more symbols of a synchronization signal that are not mapped by the synchronization signal; transmitting (1424, 1524, 1624, 1704) the paging indication to trigger a response (1426, 1526, 1626) from a user equipment for performing subsequent paging, wherein the paging indication comprises an indicator of a paging transmission mode, wherein the paging transmission mode is selected from among a plurality of available transmission modes, and wherein a first of the plurality of available transmission modes comprises configuring a subsequent transmission of a paging downlink control and/or a paging message, a second of the plurality of available transmission modes comprises configuring a subsequent transmission of a random access response comprising an identifier of a user equipment being paged, and a third of the plurality of available transmission modes comprises configuring a subsequent transmission of a random access response comprising an identifier of a user equipment being paged, a timing advance command, and uplink grant information; receiving (1426, 1526, 1626, 1706) a random access request that includes a preamble sequence from the user equipment; and transmitting (1430, 1710) the paging downlink control and/or the paging message in a downlink antenna port indicated by the preamble sequence, or transmitting (1528, 1628, 1712, 1714) a random access response in the downlink antenna port. mapping, by a network node, a paging indication to one or more resource elements, wherein the one or more resource elements are resource elements in one or more symbols of a synchronization signal that are not mapped by the synchronization signal; transmitting (1424, 1524, 1624, 1704) the paging indication to trigger a response (1426, 1526, 1626) from a user equipment for performing subsequent paging, wherein the paging indication comprises an indicator of a paging transmission mode, wherein the paging transmission mode is selected from among a plurality of available transmission modes, and wherein a first of the plurality of available transmission modes comprises configuring a subsequent transmission of a paging downlink control and/or a paging message, a second of the plurality of available transmission modes comprises configuring a subsequent transmission of a random access response comprising an identifier of a user equipment being paged, and a third of the plurality of available transmission modes comprises configuring a subsequent transmission of a random access response comprising an identifier of a user equipment being paged, a timing advance command, and uplink grant information; a first of the plurality of available transmission modes comprises configuring a subsequent transmission of a paging downlink control and/or a paging message, a second of the plurality of available transmission modes comprises configuring a subsequent transmission of a random access response comprising an identifier of a user equipment being paged, and a third of the plurality of available transmission modes comprises configuring a subsequent transmission of a random access response comprising an identifier of a user equipment being paged, a timing advance command, and uplink grant information; receiving (1426, 1526, 1626, 1706) a random access request that includes a preamble sequence from the user equipment; and transmitting (1430, 1710) the paging downlink control and/or the paging message in a downlink antenna port indicated by the preamble sequence, or transmitting (1528, 1628, 1712, 1714) a random access response in the downlink antenna port.