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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2014
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Maulik Vijay Vaidya, Atlanta, GA (US);

Nirav Salot, Pune, IN;

James Paul Seymour, North Aurora, IL (US);

Ravi Shankar Chamarty, Natick, MA (US);

Vivek Jha, Bangalore, IN;

Sebastian Speicher, Wallisellen, CH;

Sridhar Bhaskaran, Coimbatore, IN;

Rahul Vaidya, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04W 28/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/005 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04W 28/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include configuring paging parameters for a group of one or more user equipment (UE) based, at least in part, on a group identifier (ID) for the group of one or more UE; communicating the paging parameters to each of the one or more UE of the group; and paging one or more idle mode UE of the group according to the paging parameters to transition the idle mode UE to a connected mode for receiving a group message. In some instances, configuring the paging parameters can include configuring a paging frame and paging occasion for the group of one or more UE based on the group ID; configuring extended paging cycle radio frames for the group of one or more UE; and/or configuring a paging group Radio Network Temporary Identifier for the group of one or more UE.


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