Patent ID: 8582562

Claim:
A method of improving Continuous Packet Connectivity (CPC) for a user equipment, called UE hereafter, in a wireless communications system, the method comprising: receiving a reconfiguration message; starting or continuing a discontinuous transmission and discontinuous reception (DTX-DRX) operation when the UE meets a plurality of conditions and when the UE checks the reconfiguration message and confirms that the reconfiguration message includes a specific information element (IE) that is used for storing timing information of the DTX-DRX operation, the IE includes a CHOICE timing field that is set to a value of “new timing” or “continue”; and stopping the DTX-DRX operation when the UE checks the reconfiguration message and confirms that the reconfiguration message does not include the specific IE, which is used for storing timing information of the DTX-DRX operation.