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Power management system for a mobile unit by intelligent page monitoring

  • US 6,240,288 B1
  • Filed: 04/07/1998
  • Issued: 05/29/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:

  • a mobile unit;

    a base station which transmits signals including paging messages to the mobile unit, each of the paging messages indicating whether a call is pending to the mobile unit, wherein the base station determines how frequently the paging messages are transmitted to the mobile unit and how many times each of the paging messages is repeated;

    a signal strength detector in the mobile unit which determines the quality of the signals received by the mobile unit; and

    a paging message inhibitor which inhibits the mobile unit from checking the paging messages for a period of time proportionate to the current signal quality and the number of times each of the paging messages is repeated.

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