Adaptive paging in wireless communication networks

A system, comprising:

• a component of a communication network node comprising a processor, the processor configured to:
• receive, from a first user equipment, a first skip request message;
• transmit a first paging scheme to the first user equipment based on the first skip request message, wherein the first paging scheme comprises at least one paging opportunity of a discontinuous receive cycle corresponding to the first user equipment to be skipped;
• receive a portion of a first traffic flow corresponding to the first user equipment;
• buffer the portion of the first traffic flow until a next paging opportunity according to the first paging scheme;
• and
• transmit a first paging indication message corresponding to the portion of the first traffic flow according to the first paging scheme.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a user equipment coupled with a first communication network, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• determining, by the user equipment, a first skip request message based on a characteristic associated with the user equipment;
• transmitting the first skip request message to a first node component of the first communication network;
• receiving a first paging scheme based on the first skip request message, wherein the first paging scheme comprises at least one paging opportunity of a discontinuous receive cycle corresponding to the first user equipment to be skipped;
• and
• receiving a portion of a first traffic flow corresponding to the first user equipment according to the first paging scheme.