Mobile communication system and mobile communication apparatus in which wait time is extended
US6205333A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D30/70
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Radio communication is performed between a base station and a mobile communication apparatus including a speech signal processing unit, a codec unit, a radio unit, a power supply control unit and a main control unit. An intermittent reception ratio between a period of calls from the base station to the mobile communication apparatus and a period of intermittent reception effected by associated periodic supply of the operating power from the battery is set in an intermittent reception ratio setting unit implemented by a processor in a main control unit and a mode flag in a memory, in accordance with extended information items contained in announcement information from the base station. The intermittent reception ratio may alternatively be set by a terminal device connected to the mobile communication apparatus via a connection unit. The power supply control unit supplies an operating power to a reception unit in accordance with the intermittent reception ratio set in the intermittent reception ratio setting unit.
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