A method that includes providing, by an active radio of a mobile station that comprises a plurality of radios wherein each radio is associated with a corresponding paging group having its own paging controller, a location update on behalf of an idle radio of the plurality of radios to a paging controller of the active radio's corresponding paging group. The method also includes providing, by the paging controller of the active radio's corresponding paging group, the location update to a paging controller of the idle radio's corresponding paging group. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.