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 |
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.
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