Patent ID: 8289891
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A base station capable of wireless communication with a plurality of subscriber stations within a coverage area of a network, the base station comprising: a transmit path circuitry configured to transmit, to a subscriber station, a traffic indication message with an indicator value; wherein the indicator value is used by both the base station and the subscriber station to dynamically adjust the length of a next discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle in an absence of an explicit signaling message from the base station, the indicator value comprising a first value when there is no downlink data to be transmitted to the subscriber station, the first value associated with the base station and the subscriber station extending a sleep interval of the next DRX cycle that doubles the length of the previous DRX cycle unless the previous DRX cycle has reached a maximum DRX cycle length.