Patent ID: 9723651
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method for wireless communication at a base station, comprising: determining, for a user equipment (UE) served by the base station and configured in a connected state with the base station, that the UE is to be transitioned out of the connected state; indicating to the UE that the UE should transition out of the connected state, wherein the indicating to the UE that the UE should transition out of the connected state comprises sending a first connection release message indicating that the UE should transition from the connected state to a semi-connected state, the semi-connected state associated with at least one of: suppression of monitoring of a physical downlink control channel according to at least one temporary network identifier by the UE, suppression of monitoring of a user-specific search space of the physical downlink control channel, or a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle for paging of the UE that is shorter than a second DRX cycle for paging of the UE when the UE is in an idle state; and maintaining a context for the UE at the base station subsequent to the indicating that the UE should transition out of the connected state and while the UE continues to be served by the base station.