FIELD: physics, communications.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to wireless communication. Described are methods of paging user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. In one aspect, a cell sends a paging indictor to UE, monitors acknowledgement from the UE and sends a paging message to the UE if acknowledgment is received from the UE. The cell may receive channel quality information from the UE and may send the paging message via link adaptation and/or HARQ to improve performance. In another aspect, a cell sends a paging indicator over a shared control channel to UE and sends a paging message over a shared data channel to the UE. The paging indicator and paging message may be sent from multiple cells to the UE. Alternatively, the paging indicator may be sent from multiple cells to the UE, and the paging message may be sent from a single cell to the UE.
EFFECT: efficient UE paging.
21 cl, 20 dwg
