The present disclosure relates to a 5G communication
system or a 6G communication
system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G communication
system such as long term evolution (LTE). Apparatuses and methods for energy savings in
wireless systems via discontinuous communication. A method for a
user equipment (UE) includes receiving first information for time resources of candidates for a sequence-based downlink wake-up
signal (DL WUS), receiving second information for parameters of a
cell discontinuous transmission or
discontinuous reception (DTX / DRX) operation, and determining, based on the second information, a non-active period of the
cell DTX / DRX operation. The method further includes determining, during the non-active period of the
cell DTX / DTX operation, to skip receptions of first synchronization signals and receive, based on the first information, the candidates for the DL WUS within the time resources, receiving, during the non-active period of the cell DTX / DRX operation, a first candidate from the candidates that provides a first DL WUS, determining, based on the first DL WUS, to receive a number of second synchronization signals, and receiving the number of second synchronization signals.