Method and apparatus for managing downlink discontinuous reception operation in a wireless communications system
A method for managing downlink discontinuous reception associated with paging for a user equipment of a wireless communications system is provided in order to avoid system malfunction due to inappropriate use of configuration. The method includes initiating a radio resource control, hereinafter called RRC, connection establishment procedure to request a network terminal for an RRC connection, receiving a request accepting message including a first information element for indicating the UE an assigned RRC state to be entered and a second information element for providing configuration corresponding to the downlink discontinuous reception, and ignoring the second information element when the assigned RRC state is a state for allocation of dedicated radio resources.
1. A method of managing downlink discontinuous reception corresponding to paging operation for a user equipment of a wireless communications system, the method comprising:
initiating a radio resource control, hereinafter called RRC, connection establishment procedure to request a network terminal for an RRC connection;
receiving a request accepting message from the network terminal, the request accepting message comprising a first information element, configured for indicating an RRC state for the user equipment to enter, and a second information element, configured for providing configuration corresponding to the downlink discontinuous reception; and
ignoring the second information element when the indicated RRC state is an RRC state for allocation of dedicated radio resources.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating the RRC connection establishment procedure to request the network terminal for the RRC connection comprises sending an RRC Connection Request message.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the request accepting message is an RRC Connection Setup message, the first information element is an RRC State Indicator information element, and the second information element is a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle length coefficient information element.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RRC state for allocation of dedicated radio resources is a cell dedicated channel (CELL_DCH) state.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink discontinuous reception corresponding to the paging operation is applied to a cell paging channel (CELL_PCH) state and a UTRAN registration area paging channel (URA_PCH) state.
6. A communications device of a wireless communications system for accurately managing downlink discontinuous reception corresponding to paging operation, the communications device comprising:
a control circuit for realizing functions of the communications device;
a central processing unit coupled to the control circuit for executing a program code to operate the control circuit; and
a memory coupled to the central processing unit for storing the program code; wherein the program code comprises:
initiating a radio resource control, hereinafter called RRC, connection establishment procedure to request a network terminal for an RRC connection;
receiving a request accepting message from the network terminal, the request accepting message comprising a first information element, configured for indicating an RRC state for the communications device to enter, and a second information element, configured for providing configuration corresponding to the downlink discontinuous reception; and
ignoring the second information element when the indicated RRC state is an RRC state for allocation of dedicated radio resources.
7. The communications device of claim 6 , wherein initiating the RRC connection establishment procedure to request the network terminal for the RRC connection comprises sending an RRC Connection Request message.
8. The communications device of claim 7 , wherein the request accepting message is an RRC Connection Setup message, the first information element is an RRC State Indicator information element, and the second information element is a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) discontinuous reception (DRX)cycle length coefficient information element.
9. The communications device of claim 6 , wherein the RRC state for allocation of dedicated radio resources is a cell dedicated channel (CELL_DCH) state.
10. The communications device of claim 6 , wherein the downlink discontinuous reception corresponding to the paging operation is applied to a cell paging channel (CELL_PCH state and a UTRAN registration area paging channel (URA_PCH) state.