Patent ID: 11864112
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. A method comprising:
performing a listen before talk procedure to acquire a channel for a maximum channel occupancy period;
determining that data is to be transmitted to or from a user equipment at the end of the maximum channel occupancy period;
providing to the user equipment operating in at least one awake period of a first discontinuous reception mode comprising at least one awake period and at least one sleep period, a first indication, indicating that data is to be transmitted to or from the user equipment at the end of the maximum channel occupancy period, to perform at least one of:
pausing operation of the first discontinuous reception mode such that the user equipment continues operation in the at least one awake period; or
disabling operation of the first discontinuous reception mode such that the user equipment continues operation in a second discontinuous reception mode.