Method and Arrangement for Reducing Power Consumption in a Mobile Communication Network
First Claim
1. A method for reducing power consumption of a receiver in a mobile communication network comprising a sender transmitting packet data on a downlink channel to one or more receivers over a radio interface, characterised in that the method comprises the step of:
- defining inactive time instants and listening time instants, during which said receiver is listening for signalling from said sender, whereby less power is consumed during said inactive time instants.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for reducing power consumption of a receiver in a mobile communication network comprising a sender transmitting packet data on a downlink channel to one or more receivers over a radio interface. Inactive time instants and listening time instants are defined according to provided rules. The receiver is arranged to listen for information from the sender during the listening time instants and to sleep during the inactive time instants. Thus, less power will be consumed during the inactive time instants.
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1. A method for reducing power consumption of a receiver in a mobile communication network comprising a sender transmitting packet data on a downlink channel to one or more receivers over a radio interface, characterised in that the method comprises the step of:
defining inactive time instants and listening time instants, during which said receiver is listening for signalling from said sender, whereby less power is consumed during said inactive time instants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An arrangement for reducing power consumption of a receiver in a mobile communication network comprising a sender transmitting packet data on a downlink channel to one or more receivers over a radio interface, characterised in that the arrangement comprises:
means for defining inactive time instants and listening time instants, during which said receiver is arranged to listen for signalling from said sender, whereby less power is consumed during said inactive time instants. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer-readable medium containing computer program for reducing power consumption of a receiver in a mobile communication network comprising a sender transmitting packet data on a downlink channel to one or more receivers over a radio interface, characterised in that the computer program performs the step of:
defining inactive time instants and listening time instants, during which said receiver is listening for signalling from said sender, whereby less power is consumed during said inactive time instants.
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