METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE DUTY CYCLES

摘要

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for providing an idle duty cycle for intermittent and low-data payload transmissions. In this regard, a method is provided that includes causing a transition from an idle mode to an active mode in an instance in which an idle duty cycle timer expires. The method of this embodiment may also include determining whether a MTC data payload in a physical resource block (PRB) linked to an aggregation level is available in an instance in which a variable duty cycle timer expires. The method of this embodiment may also include causing the idle mode duty cycle timer to be increased in an instance in which the MTC data payload is not detected. The method of this embodiment may also include causing the idle mode duty cycle timer to be reset in an instance in which the MTC data payload is detected.