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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2014
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
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;
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
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.