Methods for Discontinuous Reception (DRX) in Conjunction with Guaranteed Low-Latency Services

A method for a user equipment (UE) configured to operate in a wireless network according to a periodic discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle that includes periodic DRX on durations, the method comprising:

• awakening for at least a first duration from a low energy consumption state, wherein the first duration is not within any of the periodic DRX on durations;
• and
• during the first duration, monitoring for an activation signal occurring at a first offset before a next subsequent resource of one of the following:
• a configured grant of periodic uplink transmission resources (UL CG), or a semi-persistent schedule of periodic downlink reception resources (DL SPS).

A user equipment (UE) configured to operate in a wireless network according to a periodic discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle that includes periodic DRX on durations, the UE comprising:

• radio transceiver circuitry configured to communicate with a network node in the wireless network;
• and
• processing circuitry operatively coupled to the radio transceiver circuitry, whereby the processing circuitry and the radio transceiver circuitry are configured to:
• awaken for at least a first duration from a low energy consumption state, wherein the first duration is not within any of the periodic DRX on durations;
• and
• during the first duration, monitor for an activation signal occurring at a first offset before a next subsequent resource of one of the following:
• a configured grant of periodic uplink transmission resources (UL CG), or a semi-persistent schedule of periodic downlink reception resources (DL SPS).