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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Scott J. Pappas, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Richard Young, Weston, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A receiver implemented decoding of selectively processing channel state metrics to minimize power consumption and reduce computational complexity. The method involves disabling a channel state (signal strength) computation algorithm during decoding of information received on the control channel of a trunked communication system during static conditions. Because the bulk of a radio's power is consumed while in standby mode listening to data information transmitted over a control channel, and because control channel information is typically received while in a good channel quality environment, significant power consumption reduction is realized by disabling the channel state computation algorithm. When a poor quality channel condition is detected, such as may occur when a message error rate (MER) is above the MER quality threshold set for that radio, the radio will enable the channel state computation algorithm.