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Method and apparatus for early termination of an RX chain

  • US 9,258,781 B2
  • Filed: 08/23/2013
  • Issued: 02/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

  • receiving a transmit power control (TPC) command from a network entity at a user equipment (UE), wherein the TPC command is divided into one or more TPC slot sets of TPC slots;

    decoding a TPC slot of a TPC slot set of the one or more sets of TPC slots resulting in a decoded symbol for the TPC slot of the TPC slot set;

    omitting the decoding of a number of TPC slots in each of the one or more TPC slot sets;

    determining whether the decoded symbol of the TPC slot is in disagreement with a previous decoded symbol in the TPC slot set;

    ceasing the decoding of the TPC slot set based on determining that the decoded symbol of the TPC slot is in disagreement with the previous decoded symbol of the TPC slot set; and

    deactivating a receiver of the UE until an end of the TPC slot set based on ceasing the decoding of the TPC slot set.

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