Patent ID: 6980820

Claim:
A method for paging a subscriber station registration in a broadcast communication system, comprising: determining a status of the subscriber station's paging set; determining paging channels on which to page the subscriber station in accordance with the determined status of the subscriber station's paging set; and paging the subscriber station on all determined paging channels, wherein said determining a status of the subscriber station's paging set comprises: receiving at a subscriber station a HSBS channel modulating a first frequency; monitoring at a subscriber station a timer status for the HSBS channel, and if the timer status is expired, then: performing a broadcast service registration with a sector transmitting the HSBS channel; setting status of the timer for the HSBS channel to enabled; and starting a first timer for the HSBS channel; receiving at the sector the broadcast service registration from the subscriber station; adding at the sector a paging identifier to the subscribers' station paging set; starting at the sector a second timer for the paging identifier; monitoring at the sector a timer status of all paging identifiers for all subscriber stations' paging sets, and if a timer status of a paging identifier for a subscriber station is expired, then removing the paging identifier from the subscriber's station paging set.