POWER SAVING UL DTX AND DL DRX TECHNIQUES FOR MULTI-FLOW OPERATION IN HSPA

摘要

It is provided an apparatus, comprising multi-flow communicating means adapted to perform a communication with a user equipment including a portion of a multi-flow communication to the user equipment; evaluating means adapted to evaluate the communication with the user equipment; providing means adapted to provide a DTX/DRX information based on the evaluation, wherein the DTX/DRX information is related to at least one of a discontinuous transmission state and a discontinuous reception state of the user equipment; instructing means adapted to instruct the multi-flow communicating means to send an UE DTX/DRX activation request with respect to the at least one of the discontinuous transmission state and the discontinuous reception state according to the DTX/DRX information to the user equipment; storing means adapted to store a status information upon the instructing by the instruction means, wherein the status information comprises the at least one of the discontinuous transmission state and the discontinuous reception state corresponding to the instruction by the instructing means.