Compensating for drifts occurring during sleep times in access terminals

An apparatus for compensating drifts occurring during a sleep time in an access terminal, comprising:

• a digital front end;
• an FFT engine coupled to the digital front end;
• a symbol buffer coupled to the FFT engine;
• a processor coupled to the digital front end, FFT engine, and the symbol buffer;
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory further comprising instructions which
• determines whether a sleep time exceeds a threshold,
• buffers time domain samples from at least one acquisition or paging channel,
• powers down RF circuitry in the access terminal after buffering the time domain samples,
• processes the time domain samples to compensate for drift, and
• determines whether the access terminal was paged based upon the processed time domain samples.

An apparatus for compensating drifts occurring during a sleep time in an access terminal, comprising:

• means for determining whether a sleep time exceeds a threshold;
• means for buffering time domain samples from at least one acquisition or paging channel;
• means for powering down RF circuitry in the access terminal after buffering the time domain samples;
• means for processing the time domain samples to compensate for drift;
• and
• means for determining whether the access terminal was paged based upon the processed time domain samples.

A computer readable media embodying logic for compensating drifts occurring during a sleep time in an access terminal, the logic configured to perform a method comprising:

• determining whether a sleep time exceeds a threshold;
• buffering time domain samples from at least one acquisition or paging channel;
• powering down RF circuitry in the access terminal after buffering the time domain samples;
• processing the time domain samples to compensate for drift;
• and
• determining whether the access terminal was paged based upon the processed time domain samples.

A method for compensating drifts occurring during a sleep time in an access terminal, comprising:

• determining whether a sleep time exceeds a threshold;
• buffering time domain samples containing acquisition pilots and a paging channel;
• and
• processing the time domain samples to compensate for drift.

An apparatus for compensating drifts occurring during a sleep time in an access terminal, comprising:

• means for determining whether a sleep time exceeds a threshold;
• means for buffering time domain samples containing acquisition pilots and a paging channel;
• and
• means for processing the time domain samples to compensate for drift.

An apparatus for compensating drifts occurring during a sleep time in an access terminal, comprising:

• a digital front end;
• an FFT engine coupled to the digital front end;
• a symbol buffer coupled to the FFT engine;
• a processor coupled to the digital front end, FFT engine, and the symbol buffer;
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory further comprising instructions which
• determines whether a sleep time exceeds a threshold,
• buffers time domain samples containing acquisition pilots and a paging channel, and
• processes the time domain samples to compensate for drift.

A computer readable media embodying logic for compensating drifts occurring during a sleep time in an access terminal, the logic configured to perform a method comprising:

• determining whether a sleep time exceeds a threshold;
• buffering time domain samples containing acquisition pilots and a paging channel;
• and
• processing the time domain samples to compensate for drift.