An energy-efficient time-division radio that reduces the induction of baseband interference

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed that mitigate the induction of baseband interference that can form time-division radios (e.g., radios that radiate an RF signal with a time-varying power envelope). A radio (700) comprising an embodiment of the present invention radiates, in transmit mode, an information-bearing signal. In some or all idle modes, the radio (700) radiates at least one energy-reducing pulse (600), but in an idle-mode channel. These energy-reducing pulses (600) reduce the energy in the fundamental frequency component of the average RF power envelope of the radio and also reduce the energy in the harmonics of the fundamental frequency.