Apparatus, and associated method, for paging an access terminal in a radio communication system using optimal decorrelate values

An apparatus for generating a page message comprising:

• a hash generator configured to generate a first hash value using a first decorrelate value formed of a first product of two and a portion of a session seed and a second hash value using a second decorrelate value formed of a second product of a value other than two and a portion of the session seed;
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• a page indication populator adapted to populate the page message with a first page indication at a first page indicator location in the page message based on the first hash value and a second page indication at a second page indicator location in the page message based on the second hash value.

An apparatus at an access terminal, said apparatus for determining paging indicator locations in a page message, said apparatus comprising:

• a hash value generator configured to generate a first hash value using a first decorrelate value and a key, wherein the first decorrelate value is the product of two and a portion of a session seed, and the key is said session seed and configured to generate a second hash value using a second decorrelate value and a key, wherein the second decorrelate value is the product of a number other than two and a portion of the session seed;
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• a detector configured to detect for a first page indication in the page message at a first page indicator location determined by the first hash value and configured to detect for the second page indication in the page message at a second page indicator location determined by the second hash value.