Method and apparatus for improving battery life in a portable communication receiver
A method and apparatus for improving battery life in a portable communication receiver (108) for use in a communication system (100) which transmits and retransmits uniquely identified message portions (410) include a processor (208) for reading (516) a stored error count corresponding to a stored i...
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| Zusammenfassung: | A method and apparatus for improving battery life in a portable communication receiver (108) for use in a communication system (100) which transmits and retransmits uniquely identified message portions (410) include a processor (208) for reading (516) a stored error count corresponding to a stored identifier (402) that matches a received identifier (402) for a retransmitted message portion (410), and discontinuing (517) thereafter reception and decoding of the retransmitted message portion (410) in response to determining in the reading step (516) that the stored error count is zero. |
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