Patent ID: 8059579

Claim:
A method comprising: providing wireless service on a radio-frequency (RF) carrier using a first wireless-communication protocol; providing wireless service on the RF carrier using a second wireless-communication protocol, wherein providing wireless service on the RF carrier using the first wireless-communication protocol and providing wireless service on the RF carrier using the second wireless-communication protocol occur at different times; wherein providing wireless service on the RF carrier using the first wireless-communication protocol and providing wireless service on the RF carrier using the second wireless-communication protocol comprises alternating between providing wireless service on the RF carrier using the first wireless-communication protocol and providing wireless service on the RF carrier using the second wireless-communication protocol; wherein alternating between providing wireless service on the RF carrier using the first wireless-communication protocol and providing wireless service on the RF carrier using the second wireless-communication protocol comprises alternating between the first and second wireless-communication protocols on a periodic basis; wherein alternating between the first and second wireless-communication protocols on a periodic basis comprises repeatedly (a) providing service using the first wireless-communication protocol for a first amount of time and (b) providing service using the second wireless-communication protocol for a second amount of time, wherein the first amount of time is not equal to the second amount of time; and the method further comprising receiving a registration from at least one mobile station using the first wireless-communication protocol, and responsively assigning each of the at least one mobile station a respective paging slot, wherein each respective assigned paging slot occurs in each first amount of time.