US 11,678,265 B2
Notification support in extended discontinuous reception mode
Murtaza A. Shikari, Cupertino, CA (US); Srirang A Lovlekar, Cupertino, CA (US); Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Jose, CA (US); Haijing Hu, Beijing (CN); Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Srinivasan Nimmala, San Jose, CA (US); Yuqin Chen, Shenzhen (CN); Sree Ram Kodali, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Longda Xing, San Jose, CA (US); and Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/899,303.
Claims priority of application No. 201910746188.7 (CN), filed on Aug. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0051583 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 52/0216 (2013.01) [H04L 67/568 (2022.05); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a network device, including:
establishing cellular communication with a user equipment (UE);
configuring extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) with the UE;
communicating with the UE using the eDRX configuration, including an eDRX cycle of the UE;
broadcasting a message to a plurality of UEs during an off duration of the eDRX cycle of the UE;
caching the message;
transmitting a short message to the UE during an eDRX on duration of the UE, wherein the short message indicates the message is cached; and
transmitting the cached message to the UE.