Energy efficient scheduling for multi-connection communications

A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• communicating, via a first connection and a second connection, with one or more network entities, wherein communications via the second connection are in accordance with an energy-saving mode;
• transmitting, to at least one network entity of the one or more network entities, control signaling to align respective communications modes for the first connection and the second connection, wherein alignment of the respective communications modes comprises communications via the first connection and the communications via the second connection both being in accordance with the energy-saving mode or both not being in accordance with the energy-saving mode;
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• communicating, via the first connection and the second connection, with the one or more network entities in accordance with the alignment of the respective communications modes for the first connection and the second connection.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to:

• communicate, via user equipment (UE) and via a first connection and a second connection, with one or more network entities, wherein communications via the second connection are in accordance with an energy-saving mode;
• transmit, to at least one network entity of the one or more network entities, control signaling to align respective communications modes for the first connection and the second connection, wherein alignment of the respective communications modes comprises communications via the first connection and the communications via the second connection both being in accordance with the energy-saving mode or both not being in accordance with the energy-saving mode;
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• communicate, via the first connection and the second connection, with the one or more network entities in accordance with the alignment of the respective communications modes for the first connection and the second connection.