Method for power management and power management controller for a radio receiver

A power management controller for a radio receiver, the power management controller comprising:

• a first processor component configured to monitor control information from at least one control region of at least one radio subframe of a sequence of radio subframes received over a radio channel, wherein each radio subframe of the sequence of radio subframes comprises at least one control region and at least one data region;
• a second processor component configured to generate a channel metric based on the monitored control information, the channel metric indicating a quality of the radio channel;
• and
• a third processor component configured to select a power saving mode based on the channel metric,
• wherein the power saving mode indicates a scheduling to disable receiving at least part of the at least one data region included in the sequence of radio subframes by switching off one or more portions of the radio receiver.

A radio receiver, comprising:

• a receiver circuit configured to receive a sequence of radio subframes over a radio channel, each radio subframe of the sequence of radio subframes comprising at least one control region and at least one data region;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• monitor control information from at least one control region of at least one radio subframe of the sequence of radio subframes;
• generate a channel metric based on the monitored control information, the channel metric indicating a quality of the radio channel;
• and
• select a power saving mode based on the channel metric,
• wherein the power saving mode indicates a scheduling to disable receiving at least part of the at least one data region included in the sequence of radio subframes by switching off one or more portions of the receiver circuit.