Reselection optimization in mobile wireless communication devices and methods therefor
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsSteve Brandt, Donald Dorsey
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Abstract
Reselection methods for wireless communication devices, for example cellular telephones, that reduce power consumption by receiving periodic paging information (210) concurrently with the performance of periodic signal measurements (230) and reselection processing (250) to increase minimal power consumption mode operation. In some embodiment, the reselection processing (252) is performed on prior signal measurements (230) while obtaining present signal measurement data (240).
Claims20
A method in a mobile wireless communication device, comprising:
- receiving present paging information;
- performing present signal measurements while receiving the present paging information;
- performing present reselection processing on prior signal measurements while performing present signal measurements.
A method in a mobile wireless communication device that receives periodic paging information and performs neighbor signal measurements, comprising:
- receiving present paging information;
- performing present signal measurements while receiving the present paging information;
- performing reselection processing while receiving present paging information;
- reducing power consumption by performing the reselection processing on prior signal measurements performed while receiving prior paging information.
A method in a wireless communication device, comprising:
- receiving periodic paging information;
- performing periodic signal measurements;
- performing periodic reselection processing;
- reducing power consumption by receiving at least a portion of the periodic paging information concurrently with performing at least a portion of the periodic signal measurements and performing at least a portion of the periodic reselection processing.
A method in a TDMA wireless communication device that receives periodic paging blocks and the performs periodic neighbor signal measurements, comprising:
- receiving a present paging block;
- performing present neighbor cell signal strength measurements while receiving the present paging block;
- performing reselection processing for prior neighbor cell signal strength measurements while receiving the present paging block and performing the present neighbor cell signal strength measurements.
A method in a WCDMA wireless communication device that receives periodic paging indicator channel blocks and performs periodic reselection processing, comprising:
- receiving a present paging indicator channel block;
- performing present signal measurements while receiving the present paging indicator channel block;
- performing reselection processing for prior signal measurements while receiving the present paging indicator channel block and performing the present signal measurements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.