Dynamic low-power scheme for wireless transceivers

A first device comprising:

• a radio transceiver configured to establish a wireless link between the first device and a second device;
• baseband circuitry coupled to the radio transceiver, wherein the baseband circuitry is configured to:
• determine, in a first mode, a first value associated with the wireless link, wherein the first value is an average received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value;
• determine, in the first mode, a second value associated with the wireless link, wherein the second value is an average received signal quality indicator (RSQI) value, wherein the first value and the second value collectively indicate a category of channel quality for the wireless link;
• a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the baseband circuitry, wherein the CPU is configured to:
• determine that the first device can operate in a second mode for subsequent data based on the category of channel quality, wherein, in the second mode, the first device consumes less power than in the first mode;
• and
• receive, in the second mode, second data over the wireless link.

A wireless device comprising:

• a transceiver comprising radio frequency front-end (RFFE) circuitry, a first signal processing block, a transmit (TX) signal processing block, and a receive (RX) signal processing block;
• a memory device;
• and
• a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the transceiver and the memory device, wherein the CPU is to:
• determine, in a first mode, a first value associated with a wireless link between the wireless device and a second wireless device, wherein the first value is an average received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value;
• determine, in the first mode, a second value associated with the wireless link, wherein the second value is an average received signal quality indicator (RSQI) value, wherein the first value and the second value collectively indicate a category of channel quality for the wireless link;
• determine that the wireless device can operate in a second mode for subsequent data based on the category of channel quality, wherein, in the second mode, the wireless device consumes less power than in the first mode;
• and
• receive, in the second mode, second data over the wireless link.