Adaptive non-terrestrial network paging

A radio network node, comprising at least one processor configured to process executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• analyzing at least one paging metric, corresponding to at least one first paging occasion of a first paging occasion group associated with a first user equipment group, with respect to at least one paging occasion low usage criterion to result in at least one analyzed paging metric;
• determining that the at least one analyzed paging metric satisfies the at least one paging occasion low usage criterion to result in at least one determined low usage paging occasion;
• delegating the at least one determined low usage paging occasion to at least one active paging occasion group associated with a second user equipment group to result in at least one delegated paging occasion;
• and
• transmitting, to at least one user equipment associated with the first user equipment group, a paging delegation indication indicative that the at least one user equipment is to avoid monitoring the first paging occasion group and that the at least one user equipment is to monitor at least one paging occasion associated with the second user equipment group.

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

• receiving, from computing equipment associated with a core network, adaptive paging configuration information;
• analyzing at least one paging metric, corresponding to at least one first paging occasion of a first paging occasion group associated with a first user equipment group, with respect to at least one paging occasion low usage criterion to result in at least one analyzed paging metric, wherein the adaptive paging configuration information comprises the at least one paging occasion low usage criterion;
• determining that the at least one analyzed paging metric satisfies the at least one paging occasion low usage criterion to result in at least one determined low usage paging occasion;
• delegating the at least one determined low usage paging occasion to at least one active paging occasion group associated with a second user equipment group to result in at least one delegated paging occasion;
• and
• transmitting, to at least one user equipment associated with the first user equipment group, a paging delegation indication indicative that the at least one user equipment is to avoid monitoring the first paging occasion group and that the at least one user equipment is to monitor at least one paging occasion associated with the second user equipment group.