Configuration and activation of cell discontinuous transmission and reception

A base station (BS) comprising:

• a transceiver configured to transmit:
• first information related to a set of parameters associated with cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) or cell discontinuous reception (DRX) on a cell,
• second information related to an indication for activation or deactivation of the cell DTX or the cell DRX, and
• the indication for activation or deactivation of the cell DTX or the cell DRX, wherein the indication is provided by:
• a downlink control information (DCI) format in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission, wherein the DCI format includes one or more information blocks and wherein the PDCCH transmission is according to a common search space;
• or
• a radio resource control (RRC) message in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission;
• and
• a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to determine one of:
• an active period and a non-active period of the cell DTX based on the indication for activation or deactivation of cell DTX, or
• an active period and a non-active period of the cell DRX based on the indication for activation or deactivation of cell DRX,
• wherein the transceiver is further configured to one of:
• transmit channels or signals on the cell based on the determined active and non-active periods of the cell DTX;
• or
• receive channels or signals on the cell based on the determined active and non-active periods of the cell DRX.

A user equipment (UE) comprising:

• a transceiver configured to receive:
• first information related to a set of parameters associated with cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) or cell discontinuous reception (DRX) on a cell,
• second information related to an indication for activation or deactivation of the cell DTX or the cell DRX, and
• the indication for activation or deactivation of the cell DTX or the cell DRX, wherein the indication is provided by:
• a downlink control information (DCI) format in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception, wherein the DCI format includes one or more information blocks and wherein the PDCCH reception is according to a common search space;
• or
• a radio resource control (RRC) message in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception;
• and
• a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to determine one of:
• an active period and a non-active period of the cell DTX based on the indication for activation or deactivation of cell DTX, or
• an active period and a non-active period of the cell DRX based on the indication for activation or deactivation of cell DRX,
• wherein the transceiver is further configured to one of:
• receive channels or signals on the cell based on the determined active and non-active periods of the cell DTX;
• or
• transmit channels or signals on the cell based on the determined active and non-active periods of the cell DRX.