APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR CONFIGURING A PAGE MESSAGE USED TO PAGE AN ACCESS TERMINAL IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PURSUANT TO A PARTIAL IDENTITY COMPARISON SCHEME

摘要

Apparatus and an associated method for facilitating paging of access terminals by way of a quick page message. A partial identity comparison scheme is utilized. Identifiers of access terminals that are to be paged in the quick page message are determined and compared. In the event that the identifiers are of redundant values, the redundant values are removed, thereby to provide additional locations in the quick page message that are not redundant for use better to page the access terminals that are to be paged.