System and method of saving battery life by Master mobile station network search

摘要

This paper presents a novel system and method for saving battery life by master mobile station network search. The savings in battery life is achieved by preventing the system from constantly searching for available network(s). The protocol requires a mobile station to constantly search and acquire Public Land Mobile Network, other than Home Public Land Mobile Network. This search consumes battery power. This is attenuated when the mobile station is in roaming and moving. This paper solves this problem by the proposed algorithm wherein a group of mobile stations can work in tandem to share the network information avoiding the need for every mobile station to individually search for Public Land Mobile Network. A proof of concept is developed and power measurements done to highlight the savings in battery with the proposed algorithm.