METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINATING USE OF QUICK PAGING CHANNEL BASED ON HIGH CAPACITY POWER SOURCE USAGE

摘要

In one illustrative example, a mobile communication device has a wireless transceiver; an antenna coupled to the wireless transceiver; one or more processors couples to the wireless transceiver; and a power source interface which is adapted to connect with a power source for supplying electrical pow er to the mobile device. The one or more processors are operative to monitor a quick paging channel of a wireless communication network with use of the wireless transceiver; identify whether a predetermined power source is connected to the power source interface; cause an indication to terminate us e of the quick paging channel to be transmitted with the wireless transceiver to the wireless network based on identifying that the predetermined power sourc e is connected to the power source interface; and refrain from monitoring the quick paging channel with the wireless transceiver after sending the indication to the wireless network. In one specific implementation, the mobi le device delays for a time period until a message used for registration is sen t to the wireless network and provides the indication within this message.