Aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques for paging operations in a wireless communication network that uses frequency hopping between bandwidth parts (BWPs). A paging indicator message, carried in a paging indicator search space of a given BWP, indicates to a mobile device monitoring the paging indicator search space that a paging message may arrive at the device's next paging occasion. A mobile device using frequency hopping may locate, and hop to, an anchor BWP with a paging indicator search space according to a paging indication periodicity. When it receives a paging indicator message, the device may locate, and hop to, a paging BWP and monitor a paging search space for a paging message. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.