Method, wireless device computer program and computer program product for use with discontinuous reception
It is presented a method performed in a wireless device of a cellular network also comprising a radio base station, the wireless device being in a discontinuous reception mode comprising receiving periods and idle periods. The method comprises the steps of: determining that a control signal is expected to be received from a radio base station during a primary receiving period; when a control signal fails to be correctly received from the radio base station during the primary receiving period, adding a secondary receiving period covering a first time interval when a new control signal is expected to be received; and when a control signal is correctly received from the radio base station during the primary receiving period refraining from adding a secondary receiving period. Corresponding wireless devices computer program and computer program products are also presented.
1. A method performed in a wireless device of a cellular network also comprising a radio base station, the wireless device being in a discontinuous reception mode comprising receiving periods and idle periods, the method comprising:
determining that a control signal is expected to be received from a radio base station during a primary receiving period;
when the control signal fails to be correctly received from the radio base station during the primary receiving period, adding a secondary receiving period as an extension to the primary receiving period, the secondary receiving period covering a first time interval when a new control signal is expected to be received; and
when the control signal is correctly received from the radio base station during the primary receiving period, refraining from adding a secondary receiving period.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein adding a secondary receiving period, the new control signal is expected to be received as a result of the failed reception of the control signal.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
setting at least some receiving modules in an idle mode when the receiving period has ended.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless device is only able to receive signals from the radio base station during receiving periods.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in determining that a control signal is expected to be received from a radio base station during a primary receiving period, the primary receiving period is a period in a discontinuous reception scheme when receiving is active.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first time interval covers a round-trip delay time expected for Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, HARQ, relative to the primary receiving period.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining that a control signal is expected to be received from a radio base station during a primary receiving period is based on the wireless device being in talk mode of Voice Over Internet Protocol, VoIP.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control signals are signals sent over a physical downlink control channel.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control signals contain resource allocations for a future downlink payload signal.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control signals contain resource allocations for a future uplink payload signal.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control signal comprises a resource allocation for a transmission of a payload data, and the new control signal comprises a resource allocation for a retransmission of the payload data.
12. A wireless device arranged to be part of a cellular network also comprising a radio base station, the wireless device comprising:
a processor; and
memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the wireless device, when in a discontinuous reception mode comprising receiving periods and idle periods, to:
determine that a control signal is expected to be received from a radio base station during a primary receiving period;
when the control signal fails to be correctly received from the radio base station during the primary receiving period, add a secondary receiving period as an extension to the primary receiving period, the secondary receiving period covering a first time interval when a new control signal is expected to be received; and
when the control signal is correctly received from the radio base station during the primary receiving period, refrain from adding a secondary receiving period.
13. The wireless device according to claim 12 , wherein in the instructions to add a secondary receiving period, the new control signal is expected to be received as a result of the failed reception of the control signal.
14. The wireless device according to claim 12 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the wireless device to:
set at least some receiving modules in an idle mode when the receiving period has ended.
15. The wireless device according to claim 12 , wherein the wireless device is only able to receive signals from the radio base station during receiving periods.
16. The wireless device according to claim 12 , wherein the instructions to determine that a control signal is expected to be received from a radio base station during a primary receiving period comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the wireless device to consider the primary receiving period to be a period in a discontinuous reception scheme when receiving is active.
17. The wireless device according to claim 12 , wherein the first time interval covers a round-trip delay time expected for Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, HARQ, relative to the primary receiving period.
18. The wireless device according to claim 12 , wherein the instructions to determine that a control signal is expected to be received from a radio base station during a primary receiving period comprise instructions that are based on the wireless device being in talk mode of Voice Over Internet Protocol, VoIP.
19. The wireless device according to claim 12 , wherein the control signals are signals sent over a physical downlink control channel.
20. The wireless device according to claim 12 , wherein the control signals contain resource allocations for a future downlink payload signal.
21. The wireless device according to claim 12 , wherein the control signals contain resource allocations for a future uplink payload signal.
22. The wireless device of claim 12 , wherein the control signal comprises a resource allocation for a transmission of a payload data, and the new control signal comprises a resource allocation for a retransmission of the payload data.
23. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program code which, when run on a wireless device arranged to be part of a cellular network also comprising a radio base station, causes the wireless device to:
when the wireless device is in a discontinuous reception mode comprising receiving periods and idle periods:
determine that a control signal is expected to be received from a radio base station during a primary receiving period;
when the control signal fails to be correctly received from the radio base station during the primary receiving period, add a secondary receiving period as an extension to the primary receiving period, the secondary receiving period covering a first time interval when a new control signal is expected to be received; and
when the control signal is correctly received from the radio base station during the primary receiving period, refrain from adding a secondary receiving period.
24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23 , wherein the control signal comprises a resource allocation for a transmission of a payload data, and the new control signal comprises a resource allocation for a retransmission of the payload data.