In one illustrative example, a mobile communication device transmits a
slot reservation indication to the wireless network for reserving each
nth paging slot assigned to the mobile device. At some point in time, a
page message request for paging the mobile device is received within the
wireless network. A page message for paging the mobile device is
refrained from being transmitted within a reserved paging slot, but
rather within a subsequent paging slot assigned to the mobile device
after a lapse of time associated with the reserved paging slot. During
the slot reservation, the mobile device may perform a function such as a
GPS location fix or network scanning operation.