Patent ID: 8355740

Claim:
A method for sending a page record, the method comprising: at a wireless communication network that is configured to provide service to at least one wireless-communication device, determining whether a transmission of a page record will be a first, second, or third attempt to transmit the page record; using at least one property of the page record as a basis for selecting a paging-concatenation level for the page record, wherein using the at least one property of the page record as a basis for selecting the paging-concatenation level comprises: if the transmission of the page record will be the first attempt, then selecting a first paging-concatenation level; if the transmission of the page record will be the second attempt, then selecting a second paging-concatenation level; and if the transmission of the page record will be the third attempt, then selecting a third paging-concatenation level; and paging the wireless-communication device by transmitting a page message that includes the page record, wherein the page message is of the selected paging-concatenation level.