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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2010
Franklin Antonio, San Diego, CA (US);
Samir S. Soliman, San Diego, CA (US);
Olufunmilola O. Awoniyi, San Diego, CA (US);
Soumya Das, San Diego, CA (US);
Nishith Chaubey, San Diego, CA (US);
Franklin Antonio, San Diego, CA (US);
Samir S. Soliman, San Diego, CA (US);
Olufunmilola O. Awoniyi, San Diego, CA (US);
Soumya Das, San Diego, CA (US);
Nishith Chaubey, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A power conservation scheme is provided for conserving power in an access terminal that includes a dedicated proxy circuit, a receiver/transmitter chain, and/or a baseband processor. The baseband processor is adapted to determine when a wireless communication link with an access network has been inactive for at least a threshold amount of time. If such inactivity is ascertained, the baseband processor sends a proxy request to the proxy circuit. Upon receiving such proxy request, the proxy circuit monitors a data, control, and/or paging channel on behalf of the access terminal while the baseband processor is powered down. If a signal is received for the access terminal over the monitored channel, then a wake-up signal is sent to the baseband processor to cause it to power up and monitor a data channel. Upon receiving a response from the baseband processor, the proxy circuit may stop operating as a proxy.