Frame number extension for long discontinuous receive (drx) cycles
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsJohn Walter Diachina, Mârten Sundberg, Olof Liberg, Ravitej Ballakur, Nicklas Johansson
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Abstract
A wireless device (e.g., Machine Type Communications (MTC) device), a radio access network node (e.g., evolved Node B), and various methods are described herein for implementing long paging cycles (i.e., long discontinuous receive (DRX) cycles) within a wireless communication network.
Claims20
A wireless device configured to interact with a radio access network node, the wireless device comprising:
- a processor;
- and,
- a memory that stores processor-executable instructions, wherein the processor interfaces with the memory to execute the processor-executable instructions, whereby the wireless device is operable to:
- receive, from the radio access network node, Frame Number (FN) Extension information which indicates a multiplication factor for multiplying a time period spanned by a full cycle of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) frame numbers which comprises a single hyperframe.
A method in a wireless device configured to interact with a radio access network node, the method comprising:
- receiving, from the radio access network node, Frame Number (FN) Extension information which indicates a multiplication factor for multiplying a time period spanned by a full cycle of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) frame numbers which comprises a single hyperframe.
A radio access network node configured to interact with a wireless device, the radio access network node comprising:
- a processor;
- and,
- a memory that stores processor-executable instructions, wherein the processor interfaces with the memory to execute the processor-executable instructions, whereby the radio access network node is operable to:
- transmit, to the wireless device, Frame Number (FN) Extension information which indicates a multiplication factor for multiplying a time period spanned by a full cycle of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) frame numbers which comprises a single hyperframe.
A method in a radio access network node configured to interact with a wireless device, the method comprising:
- transmitting, to the wireless device, Frame Number (FN) Extension information which indicates a multiplication factor for multiplying a time period spanned by a full cycle of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) frame numbers which comprises a single hyperframe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.