Patent ID: 11937331
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A method of operating a base station, the method comprising:
transmitting configuration information to a mobile terminal to configure a short discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, a DRX short cycle timer, and a long DRX cycle, wherein the short DRX cycle is to start based at least in part on the mobile terminal receiving a medium access control (MAC) control element or expiration of an inactivity timer, and the long DRX cycle is to follow the short DRX cycle after expiration of the DRX short cycle timer; and
transmitting a discontinuous reception (DRX) command MAC control element to command the mobile terminal to transition from the short DRX cycle to the long DRX cycle.