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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1994
David F Willard, Plantation, FL (US);
Robert J Schwendeman, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
William J Kuznicki, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Michael J DeLuca, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A selective call receiver (111) receives a synchronous selective call signal (99) having synchronization portions (102 and 104) and a frame identification portion (106). Upon finding the signal the selective call receiver's bit and frame synchronizers (126 and 128) synchronize to a frame (100) of the signal and a frame ID decoder (130) decodes the frame ID (106). A comparator (136) compares the received frame ID (106) with an ID (142) assigned to the receiver, and optionally a first and second mask (134A and 134B) to determine the number of frames until an occurrence of a desired frame and conserves power until the occurrence of the desired frame (188).