Patent ID: 8229477

Claim:
A method of operating a wireless access node in a communication system, the method comprising: grouping a first set of user devices currently using a first communication mode to share a first paging indicator which indicates first pages on a first paging channel of the first communication mode; grouping a second set of user devices currently using a second communication mode to share a second paging indicator which indicates second pages on a second paging channel of the second communication mode; exchanging first wireless communications with the first set of user devices using the first communication mode, wherein the first communication mode uses a first wireless communication protocol and comprises the first paging indicator, the second paging indicator, and the first paging channel; exchanging second wireless communications with the second set of user devices using the second communication mode, wherein the second communication mode uses a second wireless communication protocol and comprises the second paging channel; transmitting the first paging indicator using the first communication mode to indicate presence of the first pages on the first paging channel of the first communication mode; and transmitting the second paging indicator using the first communication mode to indicate presence of the second pages on the second paging channel of the second communication mode.