Transmission mode cycle alignment

A method for wireless communications at a base station, comprising:

• receiving a request, from a user equipment (UE), for a set of discontinuous reception cycle parameters that satisfies a common discontinuous reception cycle of the UE;
• transmitting, to the UE, an indication of the set of discontinuous reception cycle parameters in response to the request;
• receiving a request from the UE for an additional set of uplink discontinuous reception cycle parameters that are satisfied by the common discontinuous reception cycle;
• and
• receiving, from the UE, a confirmation of a discontinuous reception cycle associated with the set of discontinuous reception cycle parameters.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, at a processing layer of the UE, a plurality of sets of discontinuous reception cycle parameters from a corresponding plurality of applications at an application layer of the UE, wherein the processing layer is below the application layer and above a user plane protocol stack of the UE;
• determine, based at least in part on the plurality of sets of discontinuous reception cycle parameters, a common discontinuous reception cycle to satisfy each of the plurality of applications;
• transmit a request to a base station for an additional set of uplink discontinuous reception cycle parameters that are satisfied by the common discontinuous reception cycle;
• and
• transmit the common discontinuous reception cycle to one or more layers in the user plane protocol stack of the UE.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a base station, comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive a request, from a user equipment (UE), for a set of discontinuous reception cycle parameters that satisfies a common discontinuous reception cycle of the UE;
• transmit, to the UE, an indication of the set of discontinuous reception cycle parameters in response to the request;
• receive a request from the UE for an additional set of uplink discontinuous reception cycle parameters that are satisfied by the common discontinuous reception cycle;
• and
• receive, from the UE, a confirmation of a discontinuous reception cycle associated with the set of discontinuous reception cycle parameters.