Granted Patent B2

US 8,295,240 · App. 12/698,514 · Granted Oct 23, 2012

Abstract

Claims (28)

1. A user agent, comprising:

a processor enabled to configure the user agent to adjust a discontinuous reception (DRX) start offset when a downlink assignment is one of configured and reconfigured, the DRX start offset adjusted to satisfy the equation:

(10*SFNstart time+subframestart time)modulo(Long DRX Cycle)=DRX start offset,

where SFNstart time corresponds to a system frame number (SFN).

2. The user agent of claim 1 , wherein the DRX start offset is adjusted to satisfy the equation:

(10*SFNstart time+subframestart time)modulo(Long DRX Cycle)=DRX start offset+timingAdjust.

3. The user agent of claim 2 , where the value of timingAdjust is less than or equal to one half of the duration of the DRX “on duration” period.

4. The user agent of claim 2 , where the value of timingAdjust is received by the user agent via a Radio Resource Control protocol.

5. The user agent of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further enabled to configure the user agent to detect a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) during an active time.

6. The user agent of claim 5 , wherein the user agent detects its SPS-RNTI when indicated by a network for a preconfigured duration.

7. The user agent of claim 5 , wherein the user agent detects its SPS-RNTI during an on duration period only.

8. A method implemented in a user agent, the method comprising: adjusting by the user agent a discontinuous reception (DRX) start offset when a downlink assignment is one of configured and reconfigured, the DRX start offset adjusted to satisfy the equation: (10*SFNstart time+subframestart time)modulo(Long DRX Cycle)=DRX start offset, where SFNstart time corresponds to a system frame number (SFN).

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the DRX start offset is adjusted to satisfy the equation:

(10*SFNstart time+subframestart time)modulo(Long DRX Cycle)=DRX start offset+timingAdjust.

10. The method of claim 9 , where the value of timingAdjust is less than one half of the duration of the DRX.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

detecting a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) during an active time.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein detecting the SPS-RNTI occurs when indicated by a network for a preconfigured duration.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein detecting the SPS-RNTI occurs during an on duration period only.

14. A user agent, comprising:

a processor enabled to configure the user agent to adjust a discontinuous reception (DRX) start offset when a downlink assignment is one of configured and reconfigured, the DRX start offset adjusted to satisfy the equation:

(10*SFNstart time+subframestart time)modulo(Long DRX Cycle)=DRX start offset+timingAdjust,

where SFNstart time corresponds to a system frame number (SFN).

15. The user agent of claim 14 , where the value of timingAdjust is less than or equal to one half of the duration of the DRX “on duration” period.

16. The user agent of claim 14 , where the value of timingAdjust is received by the user agent via a Radio Resource Control protocol.

17. A method implemented in a user agent, the method comprising: adjusting by the user agent a discontinuous reception (DRX) start offset when a downlink assignment is one of configured and reconfigured, the DRX start offset adjusted to satisfy the equation: (10*SFNstart time+subframestart time)modulo(Long DRX Cycle)=DRX start offset+timingAdjust, where SFNstart time corresponds to a system frame number (SFN).

18. The method of claim 17 , where the value of timingAdjust is less than one half of the duration of the DRX.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising receiving the value of the timingAdjust via a Radio Resource Control protocol.

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