Override of default base station discontinuous reception cycle for individual user equipment

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• transmitting, by a user equipment when the user equipment enters a new registration area, a registration request message comprising a request for an idle discontinuous reception (I-DRX) cycle interval of a first duration;
• receiving, by the user equipment, a registration accept message comprising an indication that an I-DRX cycle interval having a second duration has been assigned to the user equipment by a core network component;
• receiving, by the user equipment when the user equipment enters a new serving cell, a system information block (SIB) from a base station, the SIB comprising:
• a default I-DRX paging cycle;
• information indicative of a maximum I-DRX cycle duration supported by the base station, the information indicative of the maximum I-DRX cycle duration supported by the base station comprising a system information modification period;
• and
• an indication that override of the default I-DRX paging cycle is supported;
• determining, by the user equipment, the maximum I-DRX cycle duration supported by the base station based on the system information modification period;
• determining, by the user equipment, which of the second duration or the maximum I-DRX cycle duration supported by the base station is shorter;
• setting, by the user equipment, a periodicity based on the second duration by selecting the shorter of the second duration or the maximum I-DRX cycle duration supported by the base station;
• entering, by the user equipment, a Radio Resource Control Idle (RRC_IDLE) state in which a transceiver of the user equipment is in a low power state;
• and
• causing, while the user equipment is in the RRC_IDLE state and based on the indication that override of the default I-DRX paging cycle is supported by the base station, the transceiver to periodically enter a higher power state to monitor its paging channel at the periodicity.