Patent ID: 8532009

Claim:
A method for use in a cellular wireless access system that includes at least one controlling node that controls transmissions to and from user terminals (UEs) in a certain area of the system, wherein a UE can be in one of at least two different states, a first of the states being a non-listening state in which the UE does not listen for data from its controlling node, and a second of the states being a listening, on-duration state, each state being assumed for a certain amount of time, a time period during which the listening state is assumed being an on-duration period, in which the UE can receive at least a first and a second type of data from its controlling node, and wherein the method comprises: detecting, in the UE, if the second type of data has been received in a current on-duration period; and in response to the UE detecting that the second type of data has been received by the UE during the current on-duration period, the UE acting to prolong the current on-duration period by a certain amount of time.