On-demand paging acquisition

A user equipment, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to process executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• receiving, from a radio network node, a paging class assignment configuration, comprising at least one paging class identifier indictive of at least one paging class associated with the user equipment;
• receiving a paging class configuration comprising paging resource monitoring information, corresponding to the at least one paging class, usable by the user equipment to monitor at least one paging resource during at least one modified paging policy period;
• receiving, from the radio network node, a paging modification indication indicative that the radio network node is to implement a modified paging policy, with respect to the at least one paging class, during the at least one modified paging policy period;
• responsive to the paging modification indication, monitoring at least one paging resource with respect to the at least one paging class,
• wherein the first radio network node is associated with a first signal strength with respect to the user equipment, wherein the second radio network node is associated with a second signal strength with respect to the user equipment that is lower than the first signal strength, and wherein the operations further comprise:
• selecting the second radio network node;
• and
• receiving, from the second radio network node, a paging message directed to the user equipment.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a user equipment, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• receiving a paging class configuration comprising paging resource monitoring information, corresponding to at least one paging class, usable by the user equipment to monitor at least one paging resource during at least one modified paging policy period;
• receiving, from the radio network node, a paging modification indication indicative that the radio network node is to implement a modified paging policy, with respect to the at least one paging class, during the at least one modified paging policy period;
• responsive to the paging modification indication, monitoring at least one paging resource with respect to the at least one paging class,
• wherein the paging class configuration comprises first paging resource monitoring information corresponding to a first paging class of the at least one paging class and second paging resource monitoring information corresponding to a second paging class of the at least one paging class, wherein the paging modification indication is indicative that the radio network node is to implement a modified paging policy with respect to the first paging class during the at least one modified paging policy period, wherein the paging modification indication is indicative that the radio network node is to implement an unmodified paging policy with respect to the second paging class during the at least one modified paging policy period, and wherein the monitoring of the at least one paging resource according to the paging resource monitoring information comprises:
• monitoring at least one first paging resource indicated by the first paging resource monitoring information during the at least one modified paging policy period for at least one first paging message corresponding to the first paging class;
• and
• monitoring at least one second paging resource indicated by the second paging resource monitoring information during the at least one modified paging policy period for at least one second paging message corresponding to the second paging class.