APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER

摘要

The communication system includes a transmitter and one or more receivers that periodically report in blocks. Each receiver is assigned a block through which the broadcast is monitored. The transmitter transmits messages to the receiver only in the assigned blocks. The receiver is in active state during this assigned block. During an inactive state, the receiver may perform other functions not requiring coordination with the transmitter. Thus, during this time, it can store energy to run by recovering energy from one or more components. At the time of the inactive state shortly before the assigned block, the receiver uses the energy in these components and performs the initiation. Such initiation may include a pilot channel signal that the receiver can itself synchronize