Method, and associated apparatus, of integrating extraction of extra partial identity bits with quick paging techniques where multiple pages share a message field

1. A method of facilitating access terminal paging, said method comprising:

ordering a first group of partial identities that includes at least a first partial identity and a second partial identity, wherein a value of a first additional identity bit can be determined based upon an order of the first partial identity and the second partial identity in an access terminal paging message without the first additional identity bit being included in the access terminal paging message; and

structuring the access terminal paging message to include the first group of partial identities, ordered by said ordering, and a second group of partial identities, the second group of partial identities including at least a third partial identity, wherein the order of the first group of partial identities conveys the value of the first additional identity bit.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first group of partial identities further includes a fourth partial identity, and wherein said ordering further comprises ordering the fourth partial identity.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein ordering of the first group is further determinative of a value of a second additional identity bit.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the second group of partial identities further includes a fourth partial identity and wherein the ordering of the third partial identity and the fourth partial identity determinative of a value of a second additional identity bit.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the access terminal paging message is further structured to include a common portion that is common to portions of at least two partial identities.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the common portion is common to the first partial identity and to the second partial identity.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the common portion is further common to the third partial identity.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein the common portion is common to the first partial identity and to the third partial identity.

9. Apparatus for facilitating access terminal paging, said apparatus comprising:

an orderer configured to order a first group of partial identities that includes at least a first partial identity and a second partial identity, wherein a value of a first additional identity bit can be determined based upon an order of the first partial identity and the second partial identity in an access terminal paging message without the first additional identity bit being included in the access terminal paging message; and

a structurer configured to structure the access terminal paging message to include the first group of partial identities, a second group of partial identities including at least a third partial identity, wherein said order of the first partial identity and the second partial identity conveys the value of the first additional identity bit.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the first group further comprises at least a fourth partial identity and wherein said orderer is further configured to order the fourth partial identity.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the ordering of the first partial identity, the second partial identity and the fourth partial identity is further determinative of a value of a second additional identity bit.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the second group of partial identities further comprises at least a fourth partial identity and wherein said orderer is further configured to order the second group, the ordering of the third partial identity and the fourth partial identity being determinative of a value of a second additional identity bit.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said structurer is further configured to include a common portion that is common to at least two partial identities.

14. A method for facilitating paging of an access terminal, said method comprising:

detecting delivery at the access terminal of a paging message structured to include an access terminal paging message to include a first group of partial identities and a second group of partial identities, the first group including at least a first partial identity and a second partial identity in an ordered arrangement, and the second group including at least a third partial identity, wherein a value of a first additional identity bit can be determined based upon an order of the first partial identity and the second partial identity in the access terminal paging message without the first additional identity bit being included in the access terminal paging message;

determining the value of the first additional identity bit based upon the order of the first group of partial identities; and

deciding whether the access terminal is paged.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the first group of identities further comprises at least a fourth partial identity and wherein ordering of the first partial identity, the second partial identity, and the fourth partial identity is further determinative of a value of a second additional identity bit.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein deciding further comprises utilizing a common portion of at least two partial identities.

17. Apparatus for facilitating paging of an access terminal, said apparatus comprising:

a detector configured to detect delivery at an access terminal of an access terminal paging message structured to include a first group of partial identities and a second group of partial identities, the first group including at least a first partial identity and a a second partial identity in an ordered arrangement, and the second group including at least a third partial identity, wherein a value of a first additional identity bit can be determined based upon an order of the first partial identity and the second partial identity in the access terminal paging message without the first additional identity bit being included in the access terminal paging message;

a determiner configured to determine the value of the first additional identity bit based upon the order of the first group of partial identities; and

a decider configured to decide whether the access terminal is paged.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein said decider is further configured to utilize a common portion of at least two partial identities.