Method and apparatus of reducing power consumption in a CDMA communication unit
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorScott M. Hall
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Abstract
A method of, and means for, exchanging a communicated signal with a base site (10) by a communication unit (20) within a cellular system is provided. The method includes the steps of, and means for, transceiving the communicated signal under a broadband format while active and receiving the communicated signal under a narrowband format while idle.
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A method of exchanging a communicated signal with a base site by a communication unit within a cellular system comprising:
- transceiving the communication signal under a broadband format while the communication unit is active;
- and receiving the communicated signal by the communication unit under a narrowband format while the communication unit is idle.
A communication unit comprising:
- means for transceiving a communicated signal under a broadband format while active;
- and means for receiving the communicated signal under a narrowband format while idle.
In a cellular communication system a method of exchanging communication signals between base sites and communication units, such method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting paging information from a base site under a frequency division multiple access format;
- and transceiving other information under a code division multiple access format.
In a cellular communication system a method of exchanging communication signals between base sites and communication units, such method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting paging information between base sites and communication units under a frequency division multiple access format;
- and transceiving information on traffic channels between base sites and communication units under a code division multiple access format.
In a cellular communication system using a code division multiple access format and a frequency division multiple access format, a method of paging code division multiple access communication units and frequency division multiple access communication units, such method having the steps of:
- transmitting a frequency division multiple access paging signal to both code division multiple access communication units and frequency division multiple access communication units;
- and receiving and decoding the page by both the code division multiple access communication units and frequency division multiple access communication units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.