Methods and Apparatus for Improving Power Consumption in a Wireless Network

摘要

Methods and apparatus for power optimization in e.g., a wireless mobile device. In one embodiment, the optimization is effected via intelligent idle mode current drain management. In an exemplary LTE cellular network context, the user equipment (UE) only powers on its transceiver for a subset of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycles based on e.g., the quality of the radio environment, power considerations, location, etc. For example, if a UE has not moved, and its radio reception quality is good, the UE is likely to successfully receive a paging notification (i.e., without multiple attempts). Consequently, the UE configures itself to receive only a single paging indication.

主权项

1. A mobile device comprising:
a wireless receiver; a processor, coupled to the wireless receiver, wherein the processor and the wireless receiver are configured to:
determine whether the mobile device is stationary;when it is determined that the mobile device is not stationary, decode one or more paging messages and perform one or more neighbor cell searches; andwhen it is determined the mobile device is stationary, decode paging messages and without performing neighbor cell searches.