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Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2016
Applicant:

Mediatek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventor:

Jarkko Eskelinen, Oulu, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 60/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0212 (2013.01); H04W 52/0235 (2013.01); H04W 60/02 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for power reduction in an electronic device. The method includes determining a local timer value corresponding to an idle time for the electronic device to stay in an idle mode. The electronic device is registered to a service provider to provide service to the electronic device. Further, the method includes starting, upon entering the idle mode, a specific timer with the local timer value, and another timer to track a next update time for the electronic device to update tracking area to the service provider for maintaining the electronic device to be registered to the service provider, exiting the idle mode and entering the power saving mode when the specific timer expires, exiting the power saving mode when the other timer expires, and updating the tracking area to the service provider to keep the electronic device being registered to the service provider.


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