An apparatus of user equipment, UE, comprising: transceiver circuitry; and processing circuitry, and characterized by: the processing circuitry to configure the transceiver circuitry to: transmit a radio-resource control, RRC request message with a discontinuous reception, DRX, information element, IE, the DRX IE to include one or more proposed parameters to include a selected DRX duty cycle parameter indicating a selected idle mode cycle, wherein the selected DRX duty cycle parameter proposes an extension of the DRX duty cycle to save power; and decode an RRC accept message; and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: apply, in response to receipt of the RRC accept message: a different DRX duty cycle parameter, when a DRX IE is included in the RRC accept message that includes the different DRX duty cycle parameter, the different DRX duty cycle parameter being different from selected duty cycle parameter; the selected duty cycle parameter for DRX when the DRX IE included in the RRC accept message includes the selected duty cycle parameter; and an assigned idle mode cycle for DRX when the DRX IE of the RRC accept message indicates rejection of the selected DRX duty cycle parameter, and configure the transceiver circuitry to monitor a control channel discontinuously, based on the applied parameters. transceiver circuitry; and processing circuitry, and characterized by: the processing circuitry to configure the transceiver circuitry to: transmit a radio-resource control, RRC request message with a discontinuous reception, DRX, information element, IE, the DRX IE to include one or more proposed parameters to include a selected DRX duty cycle parameter indicating a selected idle mode cycle, wherein the selected DRX duty cycle parameter proposes an extension of the DRX duty cycle to save power; and decode an RRC accept message; and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: apply, in response to receipt of the RRC accept message: a different DRX duty cycle parameter, when a DRX IE is included in the RRC accept message that includes the different DRX duty cycle parameter, the different DRX duty cycle parameter being different from selected duty cycle parameter; the selected duty cycle parameter for DRX when the DRX IE included in the RRC accept message includes the selected duty cycle parameter; and an assigned idle mode cycle for DRX when the DRX IE of the RRC accept message indicates rejection of the selected DRX duty cycle parameter, and configure the transceiver circuitry to monitor a control channel discontinuously, based on the applied parameters. transmit a radio-resource control, RRC request message with a discontinuous reception, DRX, information element, IE, the DRX IE to include one or more proposed parameters to include a selected DRX duty cycle parameter indicating a selected idle mode cycle, wherein the selected DRX duty cycle parameter proposes an extension of the DRX duty cycle to save power; and decode an RRC accept message; and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: apply, in response to receipt of the RRC accept message: a different DRX duty cycle parameter, when a DRX IE is included in the RRC accept message that includes the different DRX duty cycle parameter, the different DRX duty cycle parameter being different from selected duty cycle parameter; the selected duty cycle parameter for DRX when the DRX IE included in the RRC accept message includes the selected duty cycle parameter; and an assigned idle mode cycle for DRX when the DRX IE of the RRC accept message indicates rejection of the selected DRX duty cycle parameter, and configure the transceiver circuitry to monitor a control channel discontinuously, based on the applied parameters. apply, in response to receipt of the RRC accept message: a different DRX duty cycle parameter, when a DRX IE is included in the RRC accept message that includes the different DRX duty cycle parameter, the different DRX duty cycle parameter being different from selected duty cycle parameter; the selected duty cycle parameter for DRX when the DRX IE included in the RRC accept message includes the selected duty cycle parameter; and an assigned idle mode cycle for DRX when the DRX IE of the RRC accept message indicates rejection of the selected DRX duty cycle parameter, and a different DRX duty cycle parameter, when a DRX IE is included in the RRC accept message that includes the different DRX duty cycle parameter, the different DRX duty cycle parameter being different from selected duty cycle parameter; the selected duty cycle parameter for DRX when the DRX IE included in the RRC accept message includes the selected duty cycle parameter; and an assigned idle mode cycle for DRX when the DRX IE of the RRC accept message indicates rejection of the selected DRX duty cycle parameter, and configure the transceiver circuitry to monitor a control channel discontinuously, based on the applied parameters.