Paging in a wireless network

1. A base station (BS) comprising:

a communication interface; and

a processor that is communicatively coupled to the communication interface;

wherein the BS is configured to:

transmit, using the communication interface, a paging identity to a user equipment (UE) for the UE to recover a shared channel allocation;

transmit, using the communication interface, a shared channel based on the shared channel allocation; and

transmit, using the communication interface, an indication of a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) assigned to the UE when the UE is in a second state, different than an idle state, and has a radio access network connection.

2. The BS of claim 1 further configured to:

transmit, using the communication interface, a paging message using international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) or a temporary mobile subscriber identifier when the UE is in the idle state.

3. The BS of claim 1 further configured to:

transmit, using the communication interface, different discontinuous reception cycles of a plurality of control channels when the UE is in the idle state versus the second state.

4. The BS of claim 1 wherein the paging identity is a group paging identity.

5. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting, a paging identity to a user equipment (UE) for the UE to recover a shared channel allocation;

transmitting, a shared channel based on the shared channel allocation; and

transmitting, a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) assigned to the UE when the UE is in a second state, different than an idle state, and has a radio access network connection.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

transmitting, a paging message using international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) or a temporary mobile subscriber identifier when the UE is in the idle state.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

transmitting, different discontinuous reception cycles of a plurality of control channels when the UE is in the idle state versus the second state.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the paging identity is a group paging identity.

9. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving a paging identity to recover a shared channel allocation;

receiving a shared channel based on the shared channel allocation; and

receiving an indication of a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) assigned to the UE when the UE is in a second state, different than an idle state, and has a radio access network connection.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a paging message using an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) or a temporary mobile subscriber identifier when the UE is in the idle state.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a plurality having different discontinuous reception cycles of the control channels when the UE is in the idle state versus the second state.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the paging identity is a group paging identity.

13. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit the paging identity to the UE on a control channel.

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the control channel is one of a plurality of control channels transmitted by the base station.

15. The method of claim 5 , wherein the paging identity is transmitted to the UE on a control channel.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the control channel is one of a plurality of control channels transmitted by the base station.

17. The method of claim 9 , wherein the paging identity is received by the UE on a control channel.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the control channel is one of a plurality of control channels received by the UE.