Method and apparatus for performing acquisition in power save mode for wireless communication systems
First Claim
1. A wireless device comprising:
- a control unit operative to determine a set of channels carrying encoded digital signals in a wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition, initiate acquisition attempts on the channels in the set using a first digital signal acquisition mode, and then initiate acquisition attempts on the channels in the set using a second digital signal acquisition mode; and
a demodulator operative to process each of the channels in the set after a desired time delay and using a particular acquisition mode indicated by the control unit.
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Abstract
Techniques to efficiently attempt acquisition of a packet data system (e.g., an IS-856 system). If a terminal has acquired one or more channels in a voice/data system (e.g., an IS-2000 system), then it can attempt acquisition on channels in the packet data system that are co-located with the acquired channels in the voice/data system. Multiple acquisition modes may be used, and on-going acquisition attempts on the co-located channels may be performed using one acquisition mode at a time in order to reduce power consumption. Acquisition attempts may be performed in a “ping-pong” manner to improve the likelihood of acquisition. For a ping-pong search, an acquisition attempt is made on the most recently acquired channel prior to an acquisition attempt on each of the remaining channels. Received signal strength estimates may also be obtained for selected channels and may be used to determine whether or not to attempt acquisition on these channels.
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44 Claims
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1. A wireless device comprising:
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a control unit operative to determine a set of channels carrying encoded digital signals in a wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition, initiate acquisition attempts on the channels in the set using a first digital signal acquisition mode, and then initiate acquisition attempts on the channels in the set using a second digital signal acquisition mode; and a demodulator operative to process each of the channels in the set after a desired time delay and using a particular acquisition mode indicated by the control unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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means for determining a set of channels carrying encoded digital signals in a wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition; means for initiating acquisition attempts on the channels in the set using a first digital signal acquisition mode after a desired time delay; and means for initiating acquisition attempts on the channels in the set using a second digital signal acquisition mode after the desired time delay. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A wireless device comprising:
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a control unit operative to determine a set of channels in a wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition and to initiate acquisition attempts on the channels in the set, wherein acquisition is attempted on a first channel in the set prior to an acquisition attempt on each of the remaining channels in the set, wherein the channels in the set are sorted in an order determined by amount of elapsed time since the channels were last acquired, and wherein the first channel is a most recently acquired channel among the channels in the set; and a demodulator operative to process each of the channels in the set after a desired time delay indicated by the control unit.
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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means for determining a set of channels in a wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition; means for sorting the channels in the set in an order determined by amount of elapsed time since the channels were last acquired, and wherein a first channel is a most recently acquired channel among the channels in the set; and means for initiating acquisition attempts on the channels in the set, wherein acquisition is attempted on the first channel in the set after a first time delay and prior to an acquisition attempt on each of the remaining channels in the set, wherein the acquisition attempt on each of the remaining channels in the set is attempted after a second time delay.
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11. A wireless device comprising:
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a control unit operative to determine a set of channels in a wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition, obtain received signal strength estimates for the channels in the set, and initiate acquisition attempts on the channels in the set based on the received signal strength estimates obtained for the channels, wherein the channels in the set are sorted in an order determined by amount of elapsed time since the channels were last acquired; and a demodulator operative to process each of the channels in the set after a desired time delay indicated by the control unit and to provide symbols used to obtain a received signal strength estimate for the channel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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means for determining a set of channels in a wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition; means for sorting the channels in the set in an order determined by amount of elapsed time since the channels were last acquired; means for obtaining received signal strength estimates for the channels in the set; and means for initiating acquisition attempts on the channels in the set based on the received signal strength estimates obtained for the channels after a desired time delay.
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20. A method for acquiring a wireless communication system, comprising:
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determining a set of channels carrying encoded digital signals in the wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition in an acquisition control unit; initiating acquisition attempts on the channels in the set using a first digital signal acquisition mode after a desired time delay; and initiating acquisition attempts on the channels in the set using a second digital signal acquisition mode after the desired time delay, wherein the acquisition attempts comprise; receiving a forward link signal from a base station on a particular channel by an antenna; digitizing the received forward link signal in a receiver unit to obtain data samples; processing the data samples in a demodulator to obtain pilot estimates for the particular channel that the forward link signal was received; and determining whether the pilot estimates is sufficient to support communication. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for acquiring a wireless communication system, comprising:
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determining a set of channels in the wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition in an acquisition control unit, wherein the channels in the set are sorted in an order determined by amount of elapsed time since the channels were last acquired; and initiating acquisition attempts on selected channels in the set, wherein acquisition is attempted on a first channel in the set after a first time delay and prior to an acquisition attempt on the remaining channels in the set, wherein an acquisition attempt on a second channel in the set is attempted after a second time delay, and wherein the acquisition attempts comprise; receiving a forward link signal from a base station on the selected channel in the ser by an antenna; digitizing the received forward link signal in a receiver unit to obtain data samples; processing the data samples in a demodulator to obtain pilot estimates for the particular channel that the forward link signal was received; and determining whether the pilot estimates is sufficient to support communication.
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26. A method for acquiring a wireless communication system, comprising:
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determining a set of channels in the wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition in an acquisition control unit, wherein the channels in the set are sorted in an order determined by amount of elapsed time since the channels were last acquired; obtaining received signal strength estimates for the channels in the set from a demodulator; and initiating acquisition attempts on the channels in the set based on the received signal strength estimates obtained for the channels after a desired time delay. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer program product, comprising:
computer-readable medium comprising; code for causing a computer to determine a set of channels carrying encoded digital signals in a wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition; code for causing a computer to initiate acquisition attempts on the channels in the set using a first digital signal acquisition mode after a desired time delay; and code for causing a computer to initiate acquisition attempts on the channels in the set using a second digital signal acquisition mode after the desired time delay. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A computer program product, comprising:
computer-readable medium comprising; code for causing a computer to determine a set of channels in a wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition; code for causing a computer to sort the channels in the set in an order determined by amount of elapsed time since the channels were last acquired, and wherein a first channel is a most recently acquired channel among the channels in the set; and code for causing a computer to initiate acquisition attempts on the channels in the set, wherein acquisition is attempted on the first channel in the set after a first time delay and prior to an acquisition attempt on each of the remaining channels in the set, wherein the acquisition attempt on remaining channels in the set is attempted after a second time delay.
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38. A computer program product, comprising:
computer-readable medium comprising; code for causing a computer to determine a set of channels in a wireless communication system on which to attempt acquisition; code for causing a computer to sort the channels in the set in an order determined by amount of elapsed time since the channels were last acquired; code for causing a computer to obtain received signal strength estimates for the channels in the set; and code for causing a computer to initiate acquisition attempts on the channels in the set based on the received signal strength estimates obtained for the channels after a desired time delay. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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