A method, performed by an apparatus (102, 700), for scheduling user terminals (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402) for downlink transmission in a communication network, the method comprising: determining a duration of a discontinuous reception cycle (200, 300, 600) for a user terminal (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402), wherein the beginning of the cycle triggers a first active period during which the user terminal (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402) is in an active mode; and determining an interval between periodic channel quality indicator reports for the user terminal (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402), aligning the discontinuous reception cycle (200, 300) with the interval between the periodic channel quality indicator reports such that the periodic channel quality indicator is transmitted within the first active period of the discontinuous reception cycle (200, 300); receiving the periodic channel quality indicator during the first active period of the discontinuous reception cycle (200, 300), thus obtaining an up-to-date channel quality indicator for the discontinuous reception cycle (200, 300); and characterized by the method further comprising: scheduling the user terminals (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402) for downlink transmission by prioritizing the user terminals (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402) in the downlink transmission scheduling based on the quality of the available channel quality indicators from the user terminals (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402), wherein the quality of the channel quality indicator is determined by the type of the channel quality indicator obtained from the user terminals (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402). determining a duration of a discontinuous reception cycle (200, 300, 600) for a user terminal (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402), wherein the beginning of the cycle triggers a first active period during which the user terminal (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402) is in an active mode; and determining an interval between periodic channel quality indicator reports for the user terminal (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402), aligning the discontinuous reception cycle (200, 300) with the interval between the periodic channel quality indicator reports such that the periodic channel quality indicator is transmitted within the first active period of the discontinuous reception cycle (200, 300); receiving the periodic channel quality indicator during the first active period of the discontinuous reception cycle (200, 300), thus obtaining an up-to-date channel quality indicator for the discontinuous reception cycle (200, 300); and characterized by the method further comprising: scheduling the user terminals (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402) for downlink transmission by prioritizing the user terminals (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402) in the downlink transmission scheduling based on the quality of the available channel quality indicators from the user terminals (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402), wherein the quality of the channel quality indicator is determined by the type of the channel quality indicator obtained from the user terminals (108, 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D, 400, 402).