APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR PAGING AN ACCESS TERMINAL IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

Apparatus, and an associated method for facilitating paging of an access terminal operable in a radio communication system. A plurality of random num bers are generated. And, for each of the random numbers, a hash value is cre ated by applying the random number to a hash function. The hash values ident ify bit locations of a paging message. When the paging message is formed, bi t locations associated with the hash values are populated with bit values th at identify whether the access terminal is being paged. And, the access term inal checks the bit values at the bit locations associated with the hash val ues to determine whether the access terminal is being paged.