A method for dynamically indicating a User Equipment, UE, in connected status to change a Discontinuous Reception, DRX, status, comprising: selecting, by an eNB, a preferred DRX status that the eNB prefers for the UE in dependence on a pre-defined condition, and sending (S502, S506) Measurement Configuration, MC, information containing information indicating the preferred DRX status to the UE if the eNB determines to change a DRX status of the UE; wherein the MC information is sent through Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling; measuring a channel by the UE in response to the MC information received, and changing the DRX status of the UE to the preferred DRX status indicated by the MC information after sending out a Measurement Report, MR, to the eNB; wherein the pre-defined condition comprises: a link quality of a serving cell; wherein when the eNB detects that the link quality of the serving cell is higher than a first threshold N1, determining by the eNB that the UE should follow a long DRX cycle, and the changing the DRX status of the UE to the preferred DRX status comprises: following the long DRX cycle by the UE; when the eNB detects that the link quality of the serving cell is lower than a second threshold N2 but higher than a third threshold N3, determining by the eNB that the UE should follow a short DRX cycle and the changing the DRX status of the UE to the preferred DRX status comprises: following the short DRX cycle by the UE; when the eNB detects that the link quality of the serving cell is lower than the third threshold N3, determining by the eNB that the UE should stay awake; wherein N1>N2≥N3, and N2 and N3 are configured according to delay sensitivity of a service. selecting, by an eNB, a preferred DRX status that the eNB prefers for the UE in dependence on a pre-defined condition, and sending (S502, S506) Measurement Configuration, MC, information containing information indicating the preferred DRX status to the UE if the eNB determines to change a DRX status of the UE; wherein the MC information is sent through Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling; measuring a channel by the UE in response to the MC information received, and changing the DRX status of the UE to the preferred DRX status indicated by the MC information after sending out a Measurement Report, MR, to the eNB; wherein the pre-defined condition comprises: a link quality of a serving cell; wherein when the eNB detects that the link quality of the serving cell is higher than a first threshold N1, determining by the eNB that the UE should follow a long DRX cycle, and the changing the DRX status of the UE to the preferred DRX status comprises: following the long DRX cycle by the UE; when the eNB detects that the link quality of the serving cell is lower than a second threshold N2 but higher than a third threshold N3, determining by the eNB that the UE should follow a short DRX cycle and the changing the DRX status of the UE to the preferred DRX status comprises: following the short DRX cycle by the UE; when the eNB detects that the link quality of the serving cell is lower than the third threshold N3, determining by the eNB that the UE should stay awake; wherein N1>N2≥N3, and N2 and N3 are configured according to delay sensitivity of a service.