Extended microsleep for communications

摘要

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate operating an access terminal in an LTE based wireless communication environment utilizing extended microsleep. While in non-DRX mode, an access terminal can operate in on state for a first period of time and in extended microsleep state for a second period of time. Further, the first and second periods of time can form a repeating pattern where these periods of time alternate. Thus, the access terminal can turn on its receiver for the first period of time (e.g., decode downlink information while in on state) and turn off its receiver for the second period of time (e.g., inhibit decoding of downlink information while in extended microsleep state). Further, the first period of time in the repeating pattern can be one TTI (e.g., 1 ms) and the second period of time in the repeating pattern can be a plurality of TTIs (e.g., 5 ms).

主权项

1. A method that facilitates operating an access terminal in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
switching an access terminal to an on state for at least a portion of a first time period of a pattern to decode a downlink transmission; switching the access terminal to a microsleep state during at least a portion of the first time period during which decoding is inhibited; switching the access terminal to an extended microsleep state for a second time period of the pattern during which decoding is inhibited; and continuing to switch the access terminal between states according to the pattern by repeating the first time period and the second time period in an alternating manner in a non-discontinuous reception mode; and switching between the on state and the extended microsleep state during an on duration of a discontinuous reception mode, the extended microsleep state having a duration that is an integer multiple of the first time period, wherein the discontinuous reception mode comprises the on duration followed by an off duration.