METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE UPLINK COMPRESSED MODE MONITORING IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE

摘要

An apparatus and method to reduce uplink compressed mode monitoring in a communication device includes a first step of monitoring a neighboring channel and measuring a channel signal strength. An desense of the monitoring receiver is estimated to determine a threshold, which is compared to the signal strength. If the signal strength is less than the threshold, a new neighboring channel is monitored to see if the signal strength changes. If not, the measured signal is probably interference. In this case, the communication device can request uplink compressed mode to get an accurate signal strength measurement. Only under these condition are uplink compressed mode called for, instead of full time compressed mode, thereby maintaining data capacity.