Patent ID: 7725115

Claim:
A method comprising: selecting, by a paging controller, a radio for a paging operation, the radio being included on a mobile station comprising at least two radios; determining, by the paging controller, if any of the at least two radios are in a connected mode; and performing, by the paging controller, at least one paging operation for at least one of the at least two radios, wherein if only one paging operation is performed for only one radio, the selected radio and the radio for which the one paging operation is performed are different radios; wherein selecting a radio comprises: selecting one of the at least two radios that is in a connected mode, if any are in a connected mode, and if more than one of the at least two radios is in a connected mode, selecting one of the at least two radios in a connected mode based upon at least one predetermined factor; and selecting one of the at least two radios based upon at least one predetermined factor if none of the at least two radios are in a connected mode.