Patent ID: 8842643

Claim:
A method comprising: initially transmitting, by a base station, one or more overhead messages according to a first duration of a maximum period between overhead-message transmissions, wherein each of the one or more overhead messages must be sent at least once during the duration of every maximum period; the base station subsequently detecting a page-shedding event; in response to detecting the page-shedding event, the base station adjusting the maximum period between overhead-message transmissions from the first duration to a second duration, wherein a adjusting the maximum period between overhead-message transmissions comprises setting the maximum period between overhead-message transmissions equal to a period of which a slot cycle duration of the base station is not a multiple; the base station transmitting the one or more overhead messages according to the adjusted maximum period between overhead-message transmissions; and after transmitting the at least one overhead message according to the adjusted maximum period between overhead-message transmissions, the base station readjusting a maximum period between overhead-message transmissions back to a default period.