IP Library Granted Patent US 11,653,307
Granted Patent B2
US 11,653,307 · App. 17/315,502 · Granted May 16, 2023

Modifying idle mode DRX on wireless devices

Inventors: Darwin Parra (Cedar Park, TX); Robert Holden (Allen, TX); Stephen Hardin (Suwanee, GA); Jason Sikes (Carnation, WA); Tracey Green (Louisville, KY)
Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.; AT&T Mobility II LLC
H04W52/0235H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 11,653,307
App. No.
17/315,502
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods may provide for deactivating the Idle mode discontinuous reception (iDRX) for services that require latency that is less than the conventional paging channel values.

Claims (37)

1. A method comprising:

communicating, by an end device, with a communications network;

based on the communication, receiving, by the end device, a message;

determining, by the end device, that an idle mode discontinuous reception indicator is indicated as activate on the end device;

updating, by the end device, the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator to inactive on the end device responsive to a comparison of the message and the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator being activated; and

triggering a modem reset, by the end device, to force the end device to attach to the communications network with the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator inactive responsive to updating the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator as inactive.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communicating is in response to a recent powering on of the end device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message comprises instructions indicative of commanding the end device to update the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator to inactive on the end device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communicating is in response to powering on of the end device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is from a network device, wherein the network device is a base station.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is generated by a network device, the network device comprising a mobility management entity.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the end device is an internet of things device.

8. A system comprising:

one or more processor; and

memory coupled with the one or more processors, the memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to effectuate operations comprising:

communicating, by an end device, with a communications network;

based on the communication, receiving, by the end device, a message;

determining, by the end device, that an idle mode discontinuous reception indicator is indicated as activate on the end device;

based on a comparison of the message and the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator being activated, updating, by the end device, the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator to inactive on the end device; and

triggering a modem reset, by the end device, to force the end device to attach to the communications network with the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator updated to inactive responsive to updating the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator as inactive.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the communicating is in response to a recent powering on of the end device.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the message comprises instructions indicative of commanding the end device to update the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator to inactive on the end device.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the communicating is in response to powering on of the end device, wherein the end device is an internet of things device.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the message is from a network device.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the network device comprises a mobility management entity.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the network device is a base station.

15. A computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by a computing device cause said computing device to effectuate operations comprising:

communicating, by an end device, with a communications network;

based on the communication, receiving, by the end device, a message;

determining, by the end device, that an idle mode discontinuous reception indicator is indicated as activate on the end device;

based on a comparison of the message and the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator being activated, updating the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator to inactive on the end device; and

in response to updating the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator to inactive on the end device, triggering a modem reset to force the end device to attach to the communications network the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator in a new inactive state.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the communicating is in response to a recent powering on of the end device.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the message comprises instructions indicative of commanding the end device to update the idle mode discontinuous reception indicator to inactive on the end device.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the communicating is in response to powering on of the end device.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the end device is an internet of things device.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the message is from a network device, wherein the network device is a base station or a mobility management entity.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2021
From: PARRA, DARWIN; SIKES, JASON; GREEN, TRACEY
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 056183/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2021
From: HOLDEN, ROBERT; HARDIN, STEPHEN
To: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
Reel/Frame 056183/0986 →
Continuity (1)
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