METHOD OF ENABLING POWER SAVINGS WHEN NO DATA IS BEING TRANSMITTED ON A MEDIA LOGICAL CHANNEL

METHOD OF ENABLING POWER SAVINGS WHEN NO DATA IS BEING TRANSMITTED ON A MEDIA LOGICAL CHANNEL

Provided is a method and system for determining sleep periods within a communications device configured to communicate via a network. The method includes analyzing at least one of two or more data fields related to a data unit and determining device sleep periods based upon the analysis. The analysi...

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Hauptverfasser: GAUTAM, SHUSHEEL, COLLINS, BRUCE
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre
Schlagworte:
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Zusammenfassung:Provided is a method and system for determining sleep periods within a communications device configured to communicate via a network. The method includes analyzing at least one of two or more data fields related to a data unit and determining device sleep periods based upon the analysis. The analysis includes determining whether or not particular MediaFLO Logical Channel data (MLC) is present within an overhead information symbols channel. If MLC data is not present, the device sleeps for a predetermined amount of time.