Discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for automatic neighbor relation (ANR)

An apparatus for wireless communication implemented as a first network node, comprising a processor that is configured to:

• transmit, upon triggering a global cell identification report by a terminal that requires aligned discontinuous reception (DRX) configurations between the first network node and a second network node, a request message to the second network node, the request message comprising an indicator that requests an alignment of a DRX configuration associated with the second network node and a DRX configuration associated with the first network node such that a cycle length of the DRX configuration associated with the second network node matches a cycle length of the DRX configuration associated with the first network node and an on-duration of the DRX configuration associated with the first network node is greater than, and entirely contains, an on-duration of the DRX configuration associated with the second network node.

An apparatus for wireless communication implemented as a second network node, comprising a processor that is configured to:

• receive a request message from a first network node upon the first network node triggering a global cell identification report by a terminal that requires aligned discontinuous reception (DRX (configurations between the first network node and a second network node, the request message comprising an indicator that requests an alignment of a DRX configuration associated with the second network node and a DRX configuration associated with the first network node such that a cycle length of the DRX configuration associated with the second network node matches a cycle length of the DRX configuration associated with the first network node and an on-duration of the DRX configuration associated with the first network node is greater than, and entirely contains, an on-duration of the DRX configuration associated with the second network node.

A method for wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving, by a second network node, a request message from a first network node upon the first network node triggering a global cell identification report by a terminal that requires aligned discontinuous reception (DRX) configurations between the first network node and the second network node,
• the request message comprising an indicator that requests an alignment of a DRX configuration associated with the second network node and a DRX configuration associated with the first network node such that a cycle length of the DRX configuration associated with the second network node matches a cycle length of the DRX configuration associated with the first network node and an on-duration of the DRX configuration associated with the first network node is greater than, and entirely contains, an on-duration of the DRX configuration associated with the second network node.