The present disclosure relates to client devices and methods for link failure recovery in discontinuous reception (DRX) in connected mode (C-DRX). One example client device is configured to perform beam/link monitoring according to a link recovery procedure if the client device is in a C-DRX mode operation with a network access node, where a configured beam failure detection (BFD) timer of the link recovery procedure is a function of a periodicity of beam failure indications.