| 摘要 |
Access terminals are adapted to facilitate power conservation by selectively powering down one or more hardware block when processing a general page message (GPM) received in slotted idle mode. An access terminal may include a processor core, a de-interleaver, a decoder and a firmware block. The firmware block may be adapted to enable the processor core to sleep while the firmware block collects samples of a received transmission and extracts symbols from the collected samples. The firmware block may further power ON the de-interleaver to de-interleave the extracted symbols, and the decoder to decode the de-interleaved symbols. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. |
| 主权项 |
1. An access terminal, comprising:
a communications interface; a storage medium; and a processing circuit coupled to the communications interface and the storage medium, and firmware operably coupled to the processing circuit, the processing circuit adapted to:
enter an awake state of a slotted idle mode;power down, by the firmware, a plurality of hardware blocks of the processing circuit;collect, by the firmware, samples of a wireless transmission received via the communications interface for a single path of a multipath signal;extract, by the firmware, a plurality of symbols from the collected samples;power up, by the firmware, individual hardware blocks from among the plurality of hardware blocks for processing the plurality of symbols, wherein the individual hardware blocks from among the plurality of hardware blocks comprise a decoder and a de-interleaver, and the decoder and the de-interleaver are powered up to obtain a general page message (GPM) from the plurality of symbols. |
