Patent ID: 7711377

Claim:
A method of operating a wireless terminal, the method comprising: awaking from a sleep mode of operation to receive a first paging signal indicating if there is a paging message for at least one wireless terminal in a first group of wireless terminals, said first group being one of a plurality of wireless terminal groups, said first group including multiple wireless terminals, said wireless terminal being a member of said first group; performing a first demodulation operation on said first paging signal to produce demodulated information; determining if said demodulated information indicates that a paging message was transmitted to at least one member of the first group; and if it is determined that said demodulated information indicates that a paging message was transmitted to at least one member of the first group: i) performing a second demodulation operation on a second paging signal; and ii) determining from information included in said second paging signal if the second paging signal includes at least a portion of a paging message directed to said wireless terminal.