Opportunistic Modem Wakeup

Abstract

Embodiments provide methods and systems for enabling opportunistic wakeup of a device from a sleep mode. Specifically, embodiments recognize that often incoming packets into a module in a low power mode are not time-critical and can be deferred for processing by the module after a scheduled wakeup time of the module. As such, embodiments provide methods and systems for identifying an incoming packet into a module and determining whether or not to cause the module to exit the low power mode based on characteristics of the incoming packet. Embodiments may be applied to a modem in a wired or wireless device but are not limited as such, and extend to any device which may benefit from the opportunistic wakeup embodiments described herein.

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