A method for managing discontinuous reception operation in a communications system wherein the communications system comprises a plurality of wireless terminals each supporting a discontinuous reception operation wherein each wireless terminal discontinuously receives data transmissions, the method comprising: obtaining discontinuous reception information for each of said wireless terminals, wherein the discontinuous reception information comprises one or more of: a reception period, a sleep period, a DRX cycle, and a DRX cycle start period, and wherein at least one of said wireless terminals has different discontinuous reception information from one or more of said wireless terminals such that there is no common reception period for the plurality of wireless terminals; generating , based on the obtained discontinuous reception information, a discontinuous reception configuration for one or more of said wireless terminals to produce a common reception period, wherein the common reception period is a period during which the plurality of wireless terminals are able to receive a data transmission at the same time, and wherein the discontinuous reception configuration comprises modifying one or more of the reception period, the sleep period, the DRX cycle, and the DRX cycle start period of the obtained discontinuous reception information; signalling the discontinuous reception configuration for the one or more wireless terminals to produce the common reception period; the method characterised by : selecting a wireless terminal which is unable to receive a transmission during a first common reception period associated with a first wireless gateway; obtaining connectivity information for said wireless terminal, wherein the connectivity information identifies one or more wireless gateway to which the wireless terminal can connect; identifying a second wireless gateway for which the wireless terminal is able to receive a transmission during a second common reception period associated with the second wireless gateway; initiating a handover of said wireless terminal from a first wireless gateway to the second wireless gateway. obtaining discontinuous reception information for each of said wireless terminals, wherein the discontinuous reception information comprises one or more of: a reception period, a sleep period, a DRX cycle, and a DRX cycle start period, and wherein at least one of said wireless terminals has different discontinuous reception information from one or more of said wireless terminals such that there is no common reception period for the plurality of wireless terminals; generating , based on the obtained discontinuous reception information, a discontinuous reception configuration for one or more of said wireless terminals to produce a common reception period, wherein the common reception period is a period during which the plurality of wireless terminals are able to receive a data transmission at the same time, and wherein the discontinuous reception configuration comprises modifying one or more of the reception period, the sleep period, the DRX cycle, and the DRX cycle start period of the obtained discontinuous reception information; signalling the discontinuous reception configuration for the one or more wireless terminals to produce the common reception period; selecting a wireless terminal which is unable to receive a transmission during a first common reception period associated with a first wireless gateway; obtaining connectivity information for said wireless terminal, wherein the connectivity information identifies one or more wireless gateway to which the wireless terminal can connect; identifying a second wireless gateway for which the wireless terminal is able to receive a transmission during a second common reception period associated with the second wireless gateway; initiating a handover of said wireless terminal from a first wireless gateway to the second wireless gateway. <EOS>