Patent ID: 8543140

Claim:
A method for facilitating a network device's capability to page a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: determining a System Frame Number (SFN) of a radio frame, wherein the radio frame is designated for carrying a Paging Radio Network Temporary Identifier (P-RNTI) for a paging of the UE by the network device, the radio frame comprising a plurality of radio sub-frames, and the P-RNTI being configured to be transmitted by the network device to the UE in a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) within one of the plurality of the radio sub-frames in the radio frame; and determining a position of the radio sub-frame configured to be used in the transmission of the P-RNTI, wherein the determining the position includes consideration of parameters including an International Mobile Subscriber Identifier (IMSI) of the UE being paged, a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) period length of the UE being paged, and a quantity of radio sub-frames suitable for the paging in the radio frame.