System and Method for Adaptive Wireless Property Calculations

A station, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to establish a connection to a network, the transceiver further configured to receive reference symbols from the network;
• and
• a processor coupled to a memory, wherein the processor is programmed to calculate a wireless property by:
• determining a set of consecutive subframes in which no transmission is scheduled;
• placing the processor into a first power mode during at least a portion of the set of consecutive subframes;
• placing the processor into a second power mode during at least another portion of the set of consecutive subframes;
• receiving a first reference symbol when the processor is in the second power mode;
• and
• calculating a wireless property based on the first reference symbol.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, wherein executing the instructions causes the processor to:

• determine a set of consecutive subframes in which no transmission is scheduled;
• place the processor into a first power mode during at least a portion of the set of consecutive subframes;
• place the processor into a second power mode during at least another portion of the set of consecutive subframes;
• receive a first reference symbol when the processor is in the second power mode;
• and
• calculate a wireless property based on the first reference symbol.