Selective paging of user devices in wireless communication networks

A computing apparatus comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media;
• one or more processors operatively coupled with the one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media that, when executed by the one or more processors, direct the computing apparatus to:
• store records of communications between a user device and base stations of a wireless network in a base station history associated with the user device, wherein each record of the records includes a base station identifier associated with a communication between the user device and the wireless network according to a day and a time of the communication;
• receive a request to page the user device, wherein the user device is in a dormant state;
• determine a first subset of base stations of the wireless network based on filtering the base station history according to a first rule of a selection algorithm, wherein the first rule comprises the base station most recently in communication with the user device;
• send, via the first subset of base stations, a first page to the user device;
• and
• if no response to the first page is received from the user device,
• determine a second subset of base stations of the wireless network based on filtering the base station history according to a second rule of the selection algorithm;
• and
• send, via the second subset of base stations, a second page to the user device.

A method of operating a wireless network, the method comprising:

• storing, by the wireless network, records of communications between a user device and base stations of the wireless network in a base station history associated with the user device, wherein each record of the records includes a base station identifier associated with a communication between the user device and the wireless network according to a day and a time of the communication;
• receiving, by the wireless network, a request to page the user device, wherein the user device is in a dormant state;
• determining, by the wireless network, a first subset of base stations of the wireless network based on filtering the base station history according to a first rule of a selection algorithm, wherein the first rule comprises a base station most recently in communication with the user device;
• sending, by the first subset of base stations, a first page to the user device;
• and
• if no response to the first page is received from the user device,
• determining, by the wireless network, a second subset of base stations of the wireless network based on filtering the base station history according to a second rule of the selection algorithm;
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• sending, by the second subset of base stations, a second page to the user device.