FIELD: radio engineering, communication.
SUBSTANCE: characteristics of user equipment (UE), including mobility, communication data load and communication type, are used by base stations, MME (mobility management entities) or other controlling entities to configure power saving features of the UE. Power saving features can include a new radio resource control (RRC) layer state where circuitry is switched off for extended periods of time, extended discontinuous reception (DRX) cycles, reduced workloads in existing RRC, EPS connection management (ECM) and/or EPS mobility management (EMM) states or combinations thereof.
EFFECT: saving power in user equipment.
25 cl, 6 dwg
