Patent ID: 8666393

Claim:
A method for notifying user equipment operating based on Discontinuous Reception (DRX) of an upcoming change of system information in a radio communication network, the method comprising: distributing a notification of said upcoming change of system information in paging messages according to a first paging schedule for user equipment operating in a DRX state in an idle mode; and distributing a notification of said upcoming change of system information in paging messages according to a second paging schedule for user equipment operating in a DRX state in a connected mode, wherein said second paging schedule for user equipment operating in the DRX state in the connected mode is different from said first paging schedule for user equipment operating in the DRX state in the idle mode; wherein said second paging schedule includes a paging cycle having a cycle period that is sufficiently short to be applicable to each of a plurality of user equipment that are operating in the DRX state in the connected mode, and are associated with a given cell in said radio communication network.