Patent ID: 8411605
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for receiving a packet by a terminal in a mobile communication system including a base station providing a packet, and the terminal that discontinuously receives a packet from the base station in Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycles each including an active period and a sleep period, the method comprising: receiving, from the base station, configuration information for a DRX service, including information on a DRX cycle length and information on a number of packets to be received in the DRX cycle; setting, as a starting point of a DRX cycle, a point at which a first packet is received from the base station; and receiving a packet from the base station for an active period at the beginning of the starting point of the DRX cycle, wherein the active period is determined according to whether a number of received packets is equal to the number of packets to be received in the DRX cycle, and wherein the DRX service includes a service having a substantially constant inter-arrival time for a packet.