According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise a wireless communication circuit, an application processor, and a communication processor. The communication processor may be configured to receive data inactivity timer information through the wireless communication circuit from a base station, drive a data inactivity timer based on a first setting value corresponding to the received data inactivity timer information, in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state for the base station, receive a data inactivity-related event from the application processor, change the first setting value to a second setting value in response to the reception of the data inactivity-related event, and release an RRC connection for the base station in response to identifying that the data inactivity timer expires based on the changed second setting value. Other various embodiments are possible as well.