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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1999
Oded Norman, Pardessiya, IL;
Moshe Refaeli, Tel Aviv, IL;
Boaz Perlman, Peduel, IL;
Yoram Salant, Rosh-Haain, IL;
Paul McAlinden, Austin, TX (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A radio (,) executes a method (,) for entering and exiting a halt status. Radio (,) has a control unit (,) and an internal timing unit (,). The timing unit (,) has execution logic (,), a status register (,) a counter (,) and a clock source (,). The control unit (,) writes instructions I(i) and their execution times T(i) to a memory (,) within the execution logic (,). One of these instructions is a 'SWITCH CLOCK' instruction causing the timing unit (,) to switch between clock signals. One of the instructions is 'HALT COUNTER' causing the radio (,) to enter a halt state. The radio (,) can be synchronized to the end of a first communication frame received by it after exiting a halt state.