Mode change signaling for a plurality of wireless devices

A base station comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• determining, by the base station, a group of wireless devices of a plurality of wireless devices served by the base station to transition to a first mode of operation, wherein at least one of:
• the first mode of operation is an inactive mode or at least one of the group of wireless devices is in the inactive mode;
• generate a message comprising information indicative of an identifier associated with the group of wireless devices and information indicative of the first mode of operation;
• and
• multicast the message to the group of wireless devices.

A base station comprising:

• means for serving a plurality of wireless devices;
• means for determining a group of wireless devices of the plurality of wireless devices to transition to a first mode of operation, wherein at least one of:
• the first mode of operation is an inactive mode or at least one of the group of wireless devices is in the inactive mode;
• means for generating a message comprising information indicative of an identifier associated with the group of wireless devices and information indicative of the first mode of operation;
• and
• means for multicasting the message to the group of wireless devices.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores instructions that when executed by a base station cause the base station to perform a method for signaling mode changes to a group of wireless devices, the method comprising:

• serving, by the base station, a plurality of wireless devices;
• determining, by the base station, a group of wireless devices of the plurality of wireless devices to transition to a first mode of operation, wherein at least one of:
• the first mode of operation is an inactive mode or at least one of the group of wireless devices is in the inactive mode;
• generating, by the base station, a message comprising information indicative of an identifier associated with the group of wireless devices and information indicative of the first mode of operation;
• and
• multicasting, by the base station, the message to the group of wireless devices.