VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM AKTIVIEREN DER STROMEINSPARUNG, WENN KEINE DATEN ÜBER EINEN LOGISCHEN MEDIENKANAL ÜBERTRAGEN WERDEN

摘要

Provided is a method and system for determining sleep periods within a communications device configured to communicate via a network The method includes analyzing at least one of two or more data fields related to a data unit and determining device sleep periods based upon the analysis. The analysis includes determining whether or not particular MediaFLO Logical Channel data (MLC) is present within an overhead information symbols channel. If MLC data is not present, the device sleeps for a predetermined amount of time.