Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in wireless communication systems
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsRajat Prakash, Fatih Ulupinar, Aamod Khandekar
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a wireless communication system is described. Sending of unicast packets to an access terminal is ceased. It is determined if a ReverseTrafficChannelMAC.UATIReceived indication is received, wherein MAC is medium access control and UATI is unicast access terminal identifier. The access network transitions to a BindUATI state.
Claims3
A method of reducing power consumption in a wireless communication system, comprising:
- ceasing to send unicast packets to an access terminal;
- determining if a ReverseTrafficChannelMAC.UATIReceived indication is received, wherein an affirmative determination indicates that an access network received a ReverseTrafficChannelMAC.UATI signal, and wherein MAC is medium access control and UATI is unicast access terminal identifier;
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- transitioning to a BindUATI state.
A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
- a first set of instructions for ceasing to send unicast packets to an access terminal;
- a second set of instructions for determining if a ReverseTrafficChannelMAC.UATIReceived indication is received, wherein an affirmative determination indicates that an access network received a Reverse TrafficChannelMAC.UATI signal, and wherein MAC is medium access control and UATI is unicast access terminal identifier;
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- a third set of instructions for transitioning to a BindUATI state.
An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, comprising:
- means for ceasing to send unicast packets to an access terminal;
- means for determining if a ReverseTrafficChannelMAC.UATIReceived indication is received, wherein an affirmative determination indicates that an access network received a ReverseTrafficChannelMAC.UATI signal, and wherein MAC is medium access control and UATI is unicast access terminal identifier;
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- means for transitiioning to a BindUATI state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.