Patent ID: 11968737
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A method performed by a wireless communications device operating according to a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration and configured to receive, from a wireless communications network, two-step grants for uplink transmissions, the method comprising:
while in a DRX active state, determining whether the device has received a first trigger of a two-step grant;
remaining in the state in which the device listens on a physical downlink control channel for messages from the network, in response to determining that the device has received the first trigger of the two-step grant;
starting a timer in response to receiving the first trigger; and
exiting the state only upon expiration of the timer, wherein exiting the state only upon expiration of the timer comprises exiting the state before a second trigger of the two-step grant has been received.