Patent ID: 9467979
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: H04Q,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method in a wireless network, the method comprising: transmitting, by the network, downlink packets to a mobile device using a periodic semi-persistent downlink transmission resource that is aligned with discontinuous reception (DRX) awake periods, wherein the semi-persistent downlink transmission resource is scheduled using semi-persistent scheduling; during one of the awake periods defined for the mobile device, transmitting, by the network, signaling that defines an additional downlink transmission resource to transmit an additional packet or sub-packet, the additional downlink transmission resource being allocated to occur within one of the awake periods, wherein the additional downlink transmission resource is scheduled using dynamic scheduling; during one of the awake periods defined for the mobile device, transmitting the additional downlink packet using the additional downlink transmission resource; de-allocating the semi-persistent downlink transmission resource.