Devices and methods for facilitating autonomous discontinuous transmission in access terminals

摘要

Access terminals are adapted to facilitate discontinuous transmission (DTX) employable during active transmissions. According to one example, an access terminal may be actively transmitting a plurality of frames on a reverse link channel. The access terminal can autonomously implement a DTX operation during the active reverse link transmissions, in which a transmitter circuit is powered down for periods of time less than a duration of one frame. As a result, reverse link transmissions are punctured during the powered down periods. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.

主权项

1. An access terminal, comprising:
a communications interface including a transmitter circuit; and a processing circuit coupled to the communications interface, the processing circuit adapted to: actively transmit via the transmitter circuit a plurality of frames on a reverse link channel; and autonomously implement a discontinuous transmission (DTX) operation during active reverse link transmissions, wherein the transmitter circuit is powered down for a duration of a slot, and reverse link transmissions are punctured during the powered down periods, and wherein a determination to puncture at least one slot in a subframe is based on slot-specific rules whether an earlier slot in the subframe was punctured.