Wireless communication including xr traffic awareness

An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• communicate with a user equipment (UE) using periodic uplink traffic bursts and periodic downlink traffic bursts;
• select a time offset to at least one of uplink traffic or downlink traffic to increase an overlap between the uplink traffic bursts and the downlink traffic bursts;
• and
• send the time offset to an application function (AF).

A method of wireless communication at a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

• communicating with a base station using periodic uplink traffic bursts and periodic downlink traffic bursts;
• receiving a configuration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle based on the periodic uplink and downlink traffic bursts, wherein uplink transmission are grant based;
• and
• delaying sending a scheduling request (SR) for uplink traffic to a beginning of a next DRX cycle.

A method of wireless communication at a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

• communicating with a base station using periodic uplink traffic bursts and periodic downlink traffic bursts;
• selecting a time offset to at least one of uplink traffic or downlink traffic to increase overlap between the uplink traffic bursts and the downlink traffic bursts;
• and
• sending the time offset to an application client.