Patent ID: 8897819

Claim:
A method in a network node in a wireless communication network for use in paging a user equipment (UE) in a plurality of cells, the method comprising: determining, for the plurality of cells, the number of observations made of the UE in each of a number of sets of cells among said plurality of cells; determining a paging sequence for the UE in the plurality of cells based on said determined number of observations in each of said sets of cells; and enabling paging of the UE in the plurality of cells according to the determined paging sequence; wherein: determining the number of observations made of the UE in each of the sets of cells and determining the paging sequence for the UE are performed for each of a predetermined number of time periods; and enabling the paging of the UE further comprises: selecting one of the determined paging sequences for the UE based on a current time period, and enabling the paging according to the selected determined paging sequence.