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AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsPuneet Jain, Sangeetha L. Bangolae, Marta Martinez Tarradell, Mo-Han Fong
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Embodiments of user equipment (UE) and base stations (eNodeB) and method for reducing power consumption in UE in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, characteristics of UE including mobility, communication data load, and communication type are used by base stations, MME or other controlling entities to configure power saving features of the UE. Power saving features can include a new Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer state where circuitry is powered off for extended periods of time, extended Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycles, reduced workloads in existing RRC, EPC Connection Management (ECM) and/or EPS Mobility Management (EMM) states or combinations thereof.
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An apparatus for a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by processing circuitry of a user equipment (UE), the instructions to configure the UE to:
A method comprising:
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