Patent ID: 8532006

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing a computer program; in which the at least one memory with the computer program is configured with the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to at least: while a user equipment is in a radio resource control connected mobility state with a first access node, utilize a temporary identifier to monitor a downlink control channel in accordance with a discontinuous reception cycle of the user equipment; and maintain the radio resource control connected mobility state, the discontinuous reception cycle and the temporary identifier while the user equipment re-selects, in the absence of control signaling between the user equipment and a second access node, to the second access node which lies within a same designated reselection area as the first access node, in which the user equipment enters the radio resource control connected mobility state automatically upon expiry of a time alignment timer while the user equipment is in a radio resource control connected state different from the radio resource control connected mobility state.