Setting discontinuous reception (DRX) parameters in a wireless communications system

摘要

A traffic profile for each application running in a user equipment (UE) is obtained. The traffic profiles are used to optimise the DRX parameters used by the UE. In one embodiment the traffic profiles are sent to the communications system which calculates the optimal DRX settings for the applications. In another embodiment the UE determines the DRX settings itself and proposes these settings to the eNodeB. The duration of DRX and idle periods can be optimally set to balance power saving and the needs of each running application in the UE. The traffic profiles comprise statistics relating to the timing of data packet communication by the applications.