US Patent Issued to Koninklijke Philips on Dec. 16 for "Methods and apparatuses for determining a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,514, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Methods and apparatuses for determining a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle" was invented by Mohammad Ghadir Khoshkholgh Dashtaki (Reston, Va.), Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, Va.), Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, Va.) and Hsin-Hsi Tsai (Reston, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can include receiving, by a wireless device, one or more discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration parameters indicating: a first DRX cycle; a DRX slot offset; and a DRX on-duration timer. The method can also include determining, for starting the DRX on-durat...