PAGING PROCEDURE FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE, A RADIO ACCESS NODE, METHODS PERFORMED THEREIN, A COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

Embodiments herein relate to a method performed in a radio access node (12) for handling a wireless device (10) in a wireless communication network (1), which radio access node serves a cell (11) in the wireless communication network (1). The radio access node (12): -receives (501) a paging request for the wireless device (10) from a network node (13,14), which paging request comprises an indication, which indication indicates that the paging request is associated with a function relating to the wireless device (10), which function requires no connection between the wireless device (10) and the radio access node (12) to be set up; -pages (502) the wireless device in the cell (11) with a page message; -receives (503) a response from the wireless device (10) in response to the page message; and -rejects (505) a connection establishment or releases (506) a connection, from the wireless device (10) to the radio access node(12), based on the indication in the received paging request and/or an indication in the received response indicating that no connection establishment is necessary.