METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING A MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

1 . A method implemented by a machine type communication (MTC) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

receiving a message that indicates control period configuration information associated with an extended discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle;

monitoring a paging channel during a control period, wherein the control period is based on the control period configuration information;

receiving a paging message during the control period;

moving to a connected state in response to the received paging message;

receiving a trigger message; and

in response to the received trigger message, connecting to an MTC server and receiving data from the MTC server.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is received from a mobility management entity (MME).

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the MME is aware of the control period and extended DRX cycle of the MTC WTRU.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is a non-access stratum (NAS) message.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the MTC server is aware of the control period and extended DRX cycle of the MTC WTRU.

6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising moving to an idle mode after receiving data from the MTC server.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the MTC WTRU connects to the MTC server via a packet data network (PDN) connection.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a mobility management entity (MME) sends the paging message to the MTC WTRU upon a request from the MTC server.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting extended DRX information in a tracking area update message or an attach request message.

10 . A machine type communication (MTC) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

at least one circuit configured to receive a message that indicates control period configuration information associated with an extended discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle;

the at least one circuit configured to monitor a paging channel during a control period, wherein the control period is based on the control period configuration information;

the at least one circuit configured to receive a paging message during the control period;

the at least one circuit configured to move to a connected state in response to the received paging message;

the at least one circuit configured to receive a trigger message; and

in response to the received trigger message, the at least one circuit configured to connect to an MTC server and receive data from the MTC server.

11 . The MTC WTRU of claim 10 , wherein the message is received from a mobility management entity (MME).

12 . The MTC WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the MME is aware of the control period and extended DRX cycle of the MTC WTRU.

13 . The MTC WTRU of claim 10 , wherein the message is a non-access stratum (NAS) message.

14 . The MTC WTRU of claim 10 , wherein the MTC server is aware of the control period and extended DRX cycle of the MTC WTRU.

15 . The MTC WTRU of claim 10 wherein the at least one circuit is configured to move to an idle mode after receiving data from the MTC server.

16 . The MTC WTRU of claim 10 , wherein the MTC WTRU is configured to connect to the MTC server via a packet data network (PDN) connection.

17 . The MTC WTRU of claim 10 , wherein a mobility management entity (MME) sends the paging message to the MTC WTRU upon a request from the MTC server.

18 . The MTC WTRU of claim 10 wherein the at least one circuit is configured to transmit extended DRX information in a tracking area update message or an attach request message.