Patent ID: 8923323

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: establishing, at an evolved node B (eNB) configured to support a serving cell for user equipment and arranged to operate in compliance with one or more 3 rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standards to include LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), a first time division duplex (TDD) configuration associated with communications to the user equipment; receiving TDD configuration information for one or more other serving cells indicating at least one of the one or more other serving cells has established a second TDD configuration associated with communications to the user equipment that is different from the first TDD configuration; defining one or more discontinuous reception (DRX) timers associated with temporarily powering on or off receiver circuitry at the user equipment based on the first and second TDD configurations, the one or more DRX timers comprising a drx-InactivityTimer; and defining a first definition for the drx-InactivityTimer based on the first TDD configuration and a second definition for the drx-InactivityTimer based on the second TDD configuration.