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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2011
Jafar Mohseni, San Diego, CA (US);
Philip J. Children, Reading, GB;
Nigel Phillip Robinson, Ashington, GB;
Nicholas J. Tebbit, Old Windsor, GB;
Christopher J. Smith, Franham, GB;
Helena Deirdre O'shea, San Diego, CA (US);
Jafar Mohseni, San Diego, CA (US);
Philip J. Children, Reading, GB;
Nigel Phillip Robinson, Ashington, GB;
Nicholas J. Tebbit, Old Windsor, GB;
Christopher J. Smith, Franham, GB;
Helena Deirdre O'Shea, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing idle mode power consumption is disclosed. An idle mode is entered. A neighboring base station is selected. If the selected neighboring base station is assigned a high-frequency monitoring mode, a signal strength of the neighboring base station is measured. A low-frequency monitoring mode is assigned to the selected neighboring base station if the signal strength of the selected neighboring base station has been below a power threshold for longer than a time threshold. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.