Patent ID: 9503982
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method in a mobile terminal for communication with a base station in a wireless network during a random access procedure, the method comprising: exchanging, during the random access procedure between the mobile terminal and the base station, information on a selected discontinuous reception (DRX), scheme to be used for communication between the mobile terminal and the base station in the random access procedure, wherein exchanging information on the selected DRX comprises sending a random access preamble, out of a plurality of preambles, that is mapped to the selected DRX scheme; setting the mobile terminal in DRX mode according to the selected DRX scheme; and receiving at least one message from the base station during the random access procedure, wherein the at least one message was transmitted according to the selected DRX scheme.