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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 24, 2009
Applicants:

Baowei Ji, Plano, TX (US);

Farooq Khan, Allen, TX (US);

Zhouyue Pi, Richardson, TX (US);

Inventors:

Baowei Ji, Plano, TX (US);

Farooq Khan, Allen, TX (US);

Zhouyue Pi, Richardson, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A mobile station capable of accessing a wireless communication network having a plurality of base stations is provided. The mobile station is configured to determine if a battery level of the mobile station is below a selected one of a plurality of power level thresholds. The mobile station is also configured to, upon a determination that the battery level is below the selected power level threshold, send a battery report to a first base station of the wireless communication network. The mobile station is further configured to enter a battery power preservation mode. The battery power preservation mode may include an enhanced idle mode, an enhanced sleep mode, or a persistent allocation mode.


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