Paging alert channel for a satellite access network

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause one or more communication devices to perform operations including:
• identifying, by the one or more communication devices, a user equipment to be paged;
• causing, by the one or more communication devices, one or more paging messages to be transmitted to the user equipment, the one or more paging messages transmitted using either:
• a paging control channel (PCCH), physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), or radio resource control paging (RRC) using a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH);
• determining, by the one or more communication devices, that a response to the one or more paging messages is not received from the user equipment;
• and
• in response to determining that a response to the one or more paging messages is not received from the user equipment, causing, by the one or more communication devices, a paging alert message for the user equipment to be transmitted on a paging alert channel designated for transmitting paging alerts that is distinct from the PCCH, PDCCH, and PDSCH, wherein
• the paging alert message comprises repeated paging alert signals for the user equipment.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more processors, to cause one or more communication devices to perform operations including:

• identifying, by the one or more communication devices, a user equipment to be paged;
• causing, by the one or more communication devices, one or more paging messages to be transmitted to the user equipment, the one or more paging messages transmitted using either:
• a paging control channel (PCCH), physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), or radio resource control paging (RRC) using a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH);
• determining, by the one or more communication devices, that a response to the one or more paging messages is not received from the user equipment;
• and
• in response to determining that a response to the one or more paging messages is not received from the user equipment, causing, by the one or more communication devices, a paging alert message for the user equipment to be transmitted on a paging alert channel designated for transmitting paging alerts that is distinct from the PCCH, PDCCH, and PDSCH, wherein
• the paging alert message comprises repeated paging alert signals for the user equipment.