Battery operated radio receivers having power save by reducing active reception time

摘要

A portable radio receiver and a method of operating the radio receiver during Standby Mode is provided. The method comprises deactivating at least part of a receive path of a receiver until the start of a data-detection time interval in a frame in the event that estimated values of predetermined characteristics of a signal received by the receiver during the frame are within corresponding thresholds. The predetermined characteristics are affected by pre-conditioning functions performed on the receiver prior to the start of the data-detection time interval.