A terminal, the terminal comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit or receive signals; and a controller configured to: identify a background network usage amount of the terminal, the background network usage amount being associated with background services running in the terminal without interaction with a user, determine whether the background network usage amount is greater than a first predetermined threshold, determine, in case that the background network usage amount is greater than the first predetermined threshold, power preference information based on the background network usage amount and an application usage amount being associated with traffic amount based on use of application service of the terminal with which the user interacts, determine, in case that the background network usage amount is equal to or less than the first predetermined threshold, power preference information based on the application usage amount without considering the background network usage amount, and transmit the power preference information to a base station, wherein the power preference information is used to determine a discontinuous reception, DRX, parameter, wherein, in order to determine power preference information based on the background network usage amount and the application usage amount, the controller is configured to: calculate, based on the background network usage amount and the application usage amount, loss information associated with reduction of throughput and gain information associated with reduction of power consumption, receive user preference information from a user, and determine the power preference information based on the loss information, the gain information, and the user preference information. a transceiver configured to transmit or receive signals; and a controller configured to: identify a background network usage amount of the terminal, the background network usage amount being associated with background services running in the terminal without interaction with a user, determine whether the background network usage amount is greater than a first predetermined threshold, determine, in case that the background network usage amount is greater than the first predetermined threshold, power preference information based on the background network usage amount and an application usage amount being associated with traffic amount based on use of application service of the terminal with which the user interacts, determine, in case that the background network usage amount is equal to or less than the first predetermined threshold, power preference information based on the application usage amount without considering the background network usage amount, and transmit the power preference information to a base station, wherein the power preference information is used to determine a discontinuous reception, DRX, parameter, identify a background network usage amount of the terminal, the background network usage amount being associated with background services running in the terminal without interaction with a user, determine whether the background network usage amount is greater than a first predetermined threshold, determine, in case that the background network usage amount is greater than the first predetermined threshold, power preference information based on the background network usage amount and an application usage amount being associated with traffic amount based on use of application service of the terminal with which the user interacts, determine, in case that the background network usage amount is equal to or less than the first predetermined threshold, power preference information based on the application usage amount without considering the background network usage amount, and transmit the power preference information to a base station, wherein the power preference information is used to determine a discontinuous reception, DRX, parameter, wherein, in order to determine power preference information based on the background network usage amount and the application usage amount, the controller is configured to: calculate, based on the background network usage amount and the application usage amount, loss information associated with reduction of throughput and gain information associated with reduction of power consumption, receive user preference information from a user, and determine the power preference information based on the loss information, the gain information, and the user preference information. calculate, based on the background network usage amount and the application usage amount, loss information associated with reduction of throughput and gain information associated with reduction of power consumption, receive user preference information from a user, and determine the power preference information based on the loss information, the gain information, and the user preference information.