Adaptive adjustment of sleep duration to increase standby time in wireless mobile stations
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1. A method of increasing standby time in a wireless mobile station, comprising:
- operating in a first state wherein the mobile station enters a sleep state for a first number of periods between consecutive assigned slots;
determining whether likelihood of requiring a response to an event is diminished while operating in the first state;
transitioning to a second state when the likelihood is diminished; and
operating in said second state wherein the mobile station enters the sleep state for a second number of periods between consecutive assigned slots, wherein said second number of periods corresponding to operating in said second state is less than said first number of periods corresponding to operating in said first state.
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Abstract
A system for a wireless mobile station is disclosed. The system enables the mobile station to adaptively adjust sleep durations and wakeups during a low power idle mode between paging channel slots. The adjustment of sleep durations and wakeups are based on number of key-presses or other input/output (I/O) activities within a fixed number of paging channel slots. The adjustment increases standby time for the mobile station.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of increasing standby time in a wireless mobile station, comprising:
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operating in a first state wherein the mobile station enters a sleep state for a first number of periods between consecutive assigned slots;
determining whether likelihood of requiring a response to an event is diminished while operating in the first state;
transitioning to a second state when the likelihood is diminished; and
operating in said second state wherein the mobile station enters the sleep state for a second number of periods between consecutive assigned slots, wherein said second number of periods corresponding to operating in said second state is less than said first number of periods corresponding to operating in said first state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 18, 19, 20, 21)
determining whether the likelihood is increased within the second state;
transitioning from the second state to the first state when the likelihood is increased; and
operating in the first state.
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20. The method of claim 19, wherein the increase of the likelihood is determined by determining whether an input is received.
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21. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile station exits the sleep state for a first number of intermediate wakeups that are provided between the consecutive periods in the first state,
the mobile station exits the sleep state for a second number of intermediate wakeups that are provided between the consecutive periods in the second state, and the second number of intermediate wakeups corresponding to operating in said second state is less than said first number of intermediate wakeups corresponding to operating in said first state.
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7. A method of increasing standby time in a wireless mobile station that operates in at least one of a first state and a second state, comprising:
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operating in said second state by entering a sleep state for a second number of periods between consecutive assigned slots;
determining whether likelihood of requiring a response to an event is increased while operating in the second state;
transitioning to said first state when the likelihood is increased; and
operating in said first state by entering the sleep state for a first number of periods between consecutive assigned slots, wherein said second number of periods corresponding to operating in said second state is less than said first number of periods corresponding to operating in said first state. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 22)
the mobile station exits the sleep state for a second number of intermediate wakeups that are provided between the consecutive periods in the second state, and the second number of intermediate wakeups corresponding to operating in said second state is less than said first number of intermediate wakeups corresponding to operating in said first state.
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13. A sleep system for a wireless mobile station, comprising:
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a circuit that enables a wireless mobile station to operate in one of a first state and a second state during low power idle operation wherein the wireless mobile station enters a sleep state during separate short sleep periods and wakes during an intermediate wake up period between consecutively assigned slots in the first state, the wireless mobile station enters the sleep state during a long sleep period between the consecutive assigned slots in the second state, the long sleep period is longer than the short sleep period, the circuit determines whether likelihood of requiring a response to an event is diminished, and the circuit controls the state of the wireless mobile station based on the likelihood so that the wireless mobile station transitions from the first state to the second state when the likelihood is diminished while operating in the first state. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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