Coordination between application and baseband layer operation

A method, comprising:

• by an application layer of a wireless user equipment device (UE):
• receiving an indication of a determined next wakeup time of a baseband layer (BB) of the UE;
• and
• selecting timing of sending application data to the baseband layer of the UE for network communication based at least in part on the indication of the determined next wakeup time of the BB,
• wherein timing of sending application data to the BB is selected to coordinate sending application data to the BB with the determined next wakeup time of the BB;
• and
• by the BB:
• receiving first application data from a cellular base station (BS) in a wireless manner;
• providing the first application data to the AP;
• generating control information in response to receiving the application data from the BS;
• initiating a timer based at least in part on receiving the application data from the BS;
• providing the control information to the BS bundled with second application data prior to expiration of the timer if the second application data is received from the AP prior to expiration of the timer;
• and
• providing the control information to the BS upon expiration of the timer if no application data is received from the AP prior to expiration of the timer.

A method, comprising:

• by a baseband layer of a wireless user equipment device (UE):
• receiving an indication of an amount of time until next uplink and/or downlink application data is expected by an application layer of the UE from the application layer AP of the UE;
• selecting timing of one or more of a next transmit operation or a next receive operation based at least in part on the indication of the determined amount of time, wherein selecting timing of one or more of a next transmit operation or a next receive operation comprises skipping one or more DRX cycle on-durations;
• receiving first application data from a cellular base station (BS) in a wireless manner;
• providing the first application data to the AP;
• generating control information in response to receiving the application data from the BS;
• initiating a timer based at least in part on receiving the application data from the BS;
• providing the control information to the BS bundled with second application data prior to expiration of the timer if the second application data is received from the AP prior to expiration of the timer;
• and
• providing the control information to the BS upon expiration of the timer if no application data is received from the AP prior to expiration of the timer.