Patent ID: 9603091
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method, in a user terminal, for transmitting channel state information (CSI) or sounding reference signals (SRS) or both, the method comprising: periodically transmitting CSI or SRS, or both, according to corresponding periodic CSI transmission opportunities or periodic SRS transmission opportunities, or both, during a first period in which the user terminal is operating according to a short discontinuous receive (DRX) cycle; and in a second period immediately following the first period and during which the user terminal is operating according to a long DRX cycle, reducing or suppressing periodic transmissions of CSI or SRS or both, the reducing or suppressing beginning at a specified time X determined based on a number of times the user terminal is in an Active Time state after entering the long DRX cycle.