Patent ID: 8290518

Claim:
A method for wireless communications, comprising: transmitting a paging message for a subscriber identity of two or more subscriber identities that are associated with a single mobile station over a wireless communication channel based on a paging cycle structure comprising multiple paging slots, wherein the two or more subscriber identities include a first subscriber identity and a second, different subscriber identity, wherein transmitting the paging message comprises using, during a paging cycle based on the paging cycle structure, a single paging slot to transmit the paging message, wherein the single paging slot is associated with the two or more subscriber identities; operating the first and second subscriber identities in different paging modes, wherein the first subscriber identities is operated in an active paging mode and the second subscriber identity is operated in a standby paging mode; and operating the mobile station to use a hash function and an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) of the subscriber identity being operated in the active paging mode to calculate a paging channel number and a paging slot number.