Apparatus and methods for reducing power consumption and/or radio frequency interference in a mobile computing device

摘要

Various embodiments for reducing power consumption and radio frequency (RF) interference in a mobile computing device are described. In one or more embodiments, the mobile computing device may support cellular voice communication, wireless wide area network (WWAN) data communication, and wireless local area network (WLAN) data communication. The mobile computing device may be arranged to disable WWAN data communication whenever an available WLAN is detected to reduce RF interference and/or power consumption. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a mobile computing device to support cellular voice communication, wireless wide area network (WWAN) data communication, and wireless local area network (WLAN) data communication, the mobile computing device comprising a channel control module to disable WWAN data communication whenever the mobile computing device is communicably connected to an available WLAN, wherein the channel control module disables the WWAN data communication by preventing the mobile computing device from periodically waking up and checking for WWAN data calls when in an idle state.