Sony Group Corporation
COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

Abstract:

A communications device configured to receive signals from an infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network is provided. The communications device is configured to periodically switch, in accordance with a first periodic rate, between a primary active operating mode and a primary reduced power operating mode in accordance with a primary discontinuous reception, DRX, operation. In some embodiments, the communications device is configured in combination with the receiver to monitor for signals transmitted by the infrastructure equipment to the communications device during the primary active operating mode, to switch off the receiver during the primary reduced power operating mode, and to start, during an instance of the primary active operating mode upon detection of a first downlink transmission from the infrastructure equipment to the communications device, an inactivity timer specifying an inactivity period during which the communications device does not switch into the primary reduced power operating mode.