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Receive-aware power saving in a wireless communications device

US7406341B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 2005
Grant dateJul 29, 2008
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D30/70
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless communications device may reduce power consumption by determining that a received communications sequence is not addressed to the wireless communications device, determining how long the communications sequence will last, and placing its own receive circuitry into a low power state until the communications sequence has ended.

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