Patent ID: 9668234
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of paging a machine type communication (MTC) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising: receiving, by the MTC WTRU, a message that indicates control period configuration information associated with an extended discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle and reporting period configuration information; monitoring, by the MTC WTRU, a paging channel during a control period; receiving, by the MTC WTRU, a paging message during the control period; attaching to a network, by the MTC WTRU, in response to receiving the paging message; receiving, by the MTC WTRU, a trigger message; and in response to receiving the trigger message, the MTC WTRU connecting to an MTC server and transmitting data to the MTC server, during a reporting period.