Method for controlling sleep-mode operation in a communication system

摘要

A method for controlling a sleep-mode operation in a communication system is provided, in which a Mobile Station(MS) transitions to an awake state in a listening interval of the sleep mode, performs one of a first operation, a second operation, and a third operation in the awake state, and transitions to a sleep state if the MS determines that there is no data to transmit to a BS and no data to receive from the Base Station (BS) after the one operation is performed. The first operation is for receiving data from the BS, the second operation is for transmitting data to the BS, and the third operation is receiving data from the BS and transmitting data to the BS.