Communication devices and methods for selecting a radio access mode
AssigneeIntel Mobile Communications GmbH
InventorMarkus Dominik Mueck
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Abstract
According to one aspect of this disclosure, a communication device is provided comprising a determiner configured to determine, for each of a plurality of radio access modes, an expected power consumption required for communicating using the radio access mode; and a controller configured to select a radio access mode from the plurality of radio access modes to be used for communication based on the determined expected power consumptions.
Claims35
A communication device comprising:
- a determiner configured to determine, for each of a plurality of radio access modes, an expected power consumption required for communicating using the radio access mode;
- and
- a controller configured to select a radio access mode from the plurality of radio access modes as candidate radio access mode to be used for communication based on the determined expected power consumptions.
A method for selecting a radio access mode comprising:
- determining, for each of a plurality of radio access modes, an expected power consumption required for communicating using the radio access mode;
- and
- selecting a radio access mode from the plurality of radio access modes as a candidate radio access mode to be used for communication based on the determined expected power consumptions.
A communication device comprising:
- a communication circuit configured to communicate using a radio access technology;
- a detector configured to detect whether a predetermined waiting time has elapsed since the time of a switch between communicating using the radio access technology and not communicating using the radio access technology;
- a controller configured to control the communication circuit to switch between communicating using the radio access technology and not communicating using the radio access technology depending on whether the predetermined waiting time has elapsed since the time of the switch.
A method for selecting a radio access technology comprising:
- detecting whether a predetermined waiting time has elapsed since the time of a switch between communicating using a radio access technology and not communicating using the radio access technology;
- controlling the communication circuit to switch between communicating using the radio access technology and not communicating using the radio access technology depending on whether the predetermined waiting time has elapsed since the time of the switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.