Methods and apparatuses for power reduction in transceivers

A receiver for receiving transmitted data in a wireless network, the receiver comprising:

• a processing unit configured to process a first radio frame to recover transmitted data based on transport format information, the transport format information being a combination of individual transport format information associated with a plurality of received radio frames.

A method for power reduction at a receiver in a wireless network, the method comprising:

• determining whether first transport format information associated with a first radio frame is different from second transport format information associated with a second radio frame, the first radio frame being received prior to the second radio frame, and the first and second transport format information being indicative of a transport format for transport channel data received in the first and second radio frames, respectively;
• and
• selectively processing the transport channel data based on the determining step.

A receiver for receiving transmitted data in a wireless network, the receiver comprising:

• a transport format decision unit configured to determine whether first transport format information associated with a first radio frame is different from second transport format information associated with a second radio frame, the first radio frame being received prior to the second radio frame, and the first and second transport format information being indicative of a transport format for transport channel data received in the first and second radio frames, respectively;
• wherein
• the receiver selectively processes the transport channel data based on the determination made by the transport format decision unit.