A method for use in a user equipment, the method comprising: receiving, from a network node, a plurality of weights for assigning paging physical resource blocks (PRBs) to a plurality of UEs, each weight of the plurality of weights associated with a respective paging PRB; determining a paging PRB for the UE using at least one weight of the plurality of weights; and receiving paging on the determined paging PRB, wherein determining the paging PRB for the UE comprises: assigning the UE to an artificial paging PRB of a set of artificial paging PRBs; and characterising by: mapping the artificial paging PRB to an actual paging PRB of a set of actual paging PRBs using at least one weight of the plurality of weights, the set of actual paging PRBs including a smaller number of paging PRBs than the set of artificial paging PRBs, wherein the UE is associated with a unique identifier; wherein assigning the UE to the artificial paging PRB comprises using an even distribution function to select the artificial paging PRB, the even distribution function comprising dividing the unique identifier by a total number of paging PRBs in the set of artificial paging PRBs; and wherein mapping the artificial paging PRB to the actual paging PRB comprises using an uneven distribution function to select the actual paging PRB, the uneven distribution function comprising assigning a number of paging PRBs of the set of artificial paging PRBs to the paging PRBs of the set of actual paging PRBs according to the weights. receiving, from a network node, a plurality of weights for assigning paging physical resource blocks (PRBs) to a plurality of UEs, each weight of the plurality of weights associated with a respective paging PRB; determining a paging PRB for the UE using at least one weight of the plurality of weights; and receiving paging on the determined paging PRB, wherein determining the paging PRB for the UE comprises: assigning the UE to an artificial paging PRB of a set of artificial paging PRBs; and characterising by: mapping the artificial paging PRB to an actual paging PRB of a set of actual paging PRBs using at least one weight of the plurality of weights, the set of actual paging PRBs including a smaller number of paging PRBs than the set of artificial paging PRBs, wherein the UE is associated with a unique identifier; wherein assigning the UE to the artificial paging PRB comprises using an even distribution function to select the artificial paging PRB, the even distribution function comprising dividing the unique identifier by a total number of paging PRBs in the set of artificial paging PRBs; and wherein mapping the artificial paging PRB to the actual paging PRB comprises using an uneven distribution function to select the actual paging PRB, the uneven distribution function comprising assigning a number of paging PRBs of the set of artificial paging PRBs to the paging PRBs of the set of actual paging PRBs according to the weights. assigning the UE to an artificial paging PRB of a set of artificial paging PRBs; and characterising by: mapping the artificial paging PRB to an actual paging PRB of a set of actual paging PRBs using at least one weight of the plurality of weights, the set of actual paging PRBs including a smaller number of paging PRBs than the set of artificial paging PRBs, wherein the UE is associated with a unique identifier; wherein assigning the UE to the artificial paging PRB comprises using an even distribution function to select the artificial paging PRB, the even distribution function comprising dividing the unique identifier by a total number of paging PRBs in the set of artificial paging PRBs; and wherein mapping the artificial paging PRB to the actual paging PRB comprises using an uneven distribution function to select the actual paging PRB, the uneven distribution function comprising assigning a number of paging PRBs of the set of artificial paging PRBs to the paging PRBs of the set of actual paging PRBs according to the weights. mapping the artificial paging PRB to an actual paging PRB of a set of actual paging PRBs using at least one weight of the plurality of weights, the set of actual paging PRBs including a smaller number of paging PRBs than the set of artificial paging PRBs, wherein the UE is associated with a unique identifier; wherein assigning the UE to the artificial paging PRB comprises using an even distribution function to select the artificial paging PRB, the even distribution function comprising dividing the unique identifier by a total number of paging PRBs in the set of artificial paging PRBs; and wherein mapping the artificial paging PRB to the actual paging PRB comprises using an uneven distribution function to select the actual paging PRB, the uneven distribution function comprising assigning a number of paging PRBs of the set of artificial paging PRBs to the paging PRBs of the set of actual paging PRBs according to the weights.