Method and user equipment for management of mbs data reception

A User Equipment (UE) for management of Multicast-Broadcast Service (MBS) data reception, the UE comprising:

• computer-storage media storing at least one computer-executable instruction;
• at least one processor coupled to the computer-storage media and configured to execute the at least one computer-executable instruction to:
• receive a first Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration mapped to an MBS, the first DRX configuration including a first timer and controlling activity of the UE for monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) associated with a Group Radio Network Temporary Identifier (G-RNTI) of the MBS;
• receive a first Downlink (DL) assignment associated with the G-RNTI on the PDCCH;
• identify an unsuccessful reception of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) that is scheduled by the first DL assignment and used for receiving data of the MBS;
• start the first timer after identifying the unsuccessful reception of the PDSCH;
• and
• enable use of a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) to decode a second DL assignment while the first timer is running.