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US 2010/0248642 A1Published application
Gated RF Control Channel Demodulation Methods and Apparatuses
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsMichael Alexander Howard, Babak Aryan, Charles Wheeler Sweet, III, Xiaoyin He
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in devices that are enabled to receive control channel information over a link having a plurality of interlaced slots. The methods and apparatuses may be implemented to selectively disable/enable one or more circuits within a receiver path at selected times.
Claims37
A method comprising:
- receiving control channel information in a receiver path of a device, said control channel information being transmitted over a link comprising a plurality of applicable slots interlaced with a plurality of non-applicable slots, said control channel information being transmitted over at least a portion of said plurality of applicable slots;
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- disabling operation of one or more circuits in said receiver path during a time corresponding to at least a portion of at least one of said plurality of non-applicable slots.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving control channel information, said control channel information being transmitted over a link comprising a plurality of applicable slots interlaced with a plurality of non-applicable slots, said control channel information being transmitted over at least a portion of said plurality of applicable slots;
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- means for disabling operation of at least a portion of said means for receiving control channel information during a time corresponding to at least a portion of at least one of said plurality of non-applicable slots.
An apparatus comprising:
- a receiver path comprising one or more circuits, said receiver path being operatively enabled to receive control channel control information transmitted over a link, said link comprising a plurality of applicable slots interlaced with a plurality of non-applicable slots, said control channel information being transmitted over at least a portion of said plurality of applicable slots;
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- a controller coupled to at least a portion of said one or more circuits in said receiver path, said controller being operatively enabled to disable operation of one or more circuits in said receiver path during a time corresponding to at least a portion of at least one of said plurality of non-applicable slots.
An article comprising:
- a computer readable medium having stored thereon computer readable instructions that, if implemented by one or more processing units, operatively enable said one or more processing units to:
- enable receiving of control channel information by a receiver path, said control channel information being transmitted over a link comprising a plurality of applicable slots interlaced with a plurality of non-applicable slots, said control channel information being transmitted over at least a portion of said plurality of applicable slots;
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- disable operation of one or more circuits in said receiver path during a time corresponding to at least a portion of at least one of said plurality of non-applicable slots.
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