Systems and methods for controlling radio frequency communication receivers
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics International N.V.
InventorRoland Van Der Tuijn
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Abstract
A method of controlling a receiver of radio frequency communications includes intervals between the reception of a data packet header and an acknowledgement sent by the receiver being constant, and, once a packet has been correctly received, circuits of the receiver are put into standby for a duration corresponding to the interval after each reception of a header of same rank as that of the correctly received packet.
Claims20
A method of controlling a receiver of radio frequency communications, the method comprising:
- sending acknowledgements at constant intervals after receiving respective data packet headers;
- and
- in response to correctly receiving a packet, putting circuits of the receiver into standby for a duration corresponding to the interval after each reception of a header of same rank as that of the correctly received packet.
A communication module configured for radio frequency communications, the communication module comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive data packet headers;
- and
- a transmitter communicatively coupled to the receiver and configured to send acknowledgements at constant intervals after the receiver receives the respective data packet headers;
- the receiver further configured to, in response to correctly receiving a packet, put circuits of the receiver into standby for a duration corresponding to the interval after each reception of a header of same rank as that of the correctly received packet.
A radio frequency communication system comprising:
- a first communication module configured to transmit data packets each having a data packet header indicating their respective rank;
- and
- a second communication module comprising a receiver and configured to:
- send acknowledgements at constant intervals after receiving respective data packet headers;
- and
- in response to correctly receiving a packet, put circuits of the receiver into standby for a duration corresponding to the interval after each reception of a header of same rank as that of the correctly received packet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.