Method and apparatus to limit periodic uplink transmissions

摘要

In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention, there is at least a method, apparatus which may include operations that result from operation of computer program code, and a plurality of coupled logic circuit elements constructed to carry out the associated functions for, in response to signaling received from a network access node, prematurely terminating operation of a timer running on a user equipment, the timer being used to control how long the user equipment is considered uplink time aligned, and performing operations defined to be executed upon the timer expiring. Further, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention there is signaling a user equipment to prematurely terminate operation of a timer running on the user equipment, the timer being used to control how long the user equipment is considered uplink time aligned, and reserving an uplink resource for the user equipment.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
in response to signaling received from a network access node to prematurely terminate operation of a timer running on a user equipment, prematurely terminating operation of the timer running on the user equipment, wherein the network access node and the user equipment are in radio-resource-connected mode, the timer is used to control how long the user equipment is considered uplink time aligned, the premature termination of the operation of the timer is configured to conserve power of the user equipment by stopping periodic reporting performed by the user equipment; and performing operations defined to be executed upon the timer expiring.