Patent ID: 8605704

Claim:
A method for providing a paging service, the method comprising: determining to send a paging record to a communication device, the paging record for a first media service, wherein the first media service is provided on a first carrier frequency; inserting the paging record into a first message, the first message generated using a protocol that is also used to provide a second media service to the communication device, the second media service being a broadcast service, the second media service provided on a second carrier frequency, the first and second media services being different, and the first and second carrier frequencies being different; providing a paging indication for the paging record for the first media service using the protocol, wherein the paging indication alerts the communication device to monitor the second carrier frequency for the paging record for the first media service; and sending the paging indication and the first message with the paging record for the first media service over the second carrier frequency, wherein the second media service is a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), and the first media service is a non-MBMS service; the first message is carried on a MBMS control channel (MCCH); and the paging indication is carried on a MBMS notification indicator channel (MICH).