Network node, wireless device and method performed therein

A method performed by a Wireless Communication Device, (WCD), for communicating with a network node, wherein the WCD is included in a set of one or more WCDs being served by the network node, the method comprising:

• determining whether an activity indicator, specific to the set of one or more WCDs, from the network node is detected in a first subframe, which activity indicator indicates that the network node has data to at least one of the WCDs included in the set of one or more WCDs;
• and
• in response to the activity indicator being detected in the first subframe, attempting to receive data from the network node in one or more of:
• i) the first subframe and ii) a subsequent subframe that follows the first subframe.

A network node for communicating with a set of one or more wireless communication devices (WCDs), the network node being configured to:

• select a subframe for carrying data to at least one of the WCDs included in the set of one or more WCDs;
• determine whether an activity indicator specific to the set of one or more WCDs should be transmitted to the set of one or more WCDs;
• and in that case, the network node being configured to
• transmit the activity indicator in the selected subframe and/or in one or more subframes that precede the selected subframe and to transmit the data, to the at least one of the WCDs included in the set of one or more WCDs, in the selected subframe.

A Wireless Communication Device (WCD) for communicating with a network node, wherein the WCD is included in a set of one or more WCDs being served by the network node, the WCD being configured to:

• determine whether an activity indicator, specific to the set of one or more WCDs, from the network node is detected in a first subframe, which activity indicator indicates that the network node has data to at least one of the WCDs included in the set of one or more WCDs;
• and in response to the activity indicator being detected in the first subframe, being configured to
• attempt to receive data from the network node in one or more of:
• i) the first subframe and ii) a subsequent subframe that follows the first subframe.