Mobile station intermittently receiving a radio signal

• US 7,526,318 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2004
• Issued: 04/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Asada, Hideaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Duc
• Assistant Examiner(s): DAGLAWI, AMAR A
• Application Number:
  US10/932,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20050192054A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,699 Days
• Field of Search: 455/518, 455/558, 455/418, 455/411, 455/550.1, 455/95
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A mobile station has a subscriber identity card (IC card 18) and operates for periodical detection of the IC card (18). The IC card detection is effected at the timing when a transceiver receives a signal from the base station for detecting an incoming call, if the signal reception is effected within a specified time interval from the previous IC card detection.

Claims

1. A mobile station comprising:

a signal receiving block intermittently receiving a signal from a base station at a timing specified by said base station;

a signal processing block periodically operating a specific task within a time interval;

a timer block starting a time count at a specific timing to count up first and second time periods, wherein said timer block judges at a timing of a count up of said first time period whether said signal receiving block is receiving said signal, outputs a count up signal if said signal receiving block is receiving said signal, if said signal receiving block is not receiving said signal, said timer block continues said time count until one of said timer block counts up said second time period, and said receiving block starts for receiving said signal, and outputs a count up signal at a timing of a count up of said second time period without affecting said signal reception, or at a timing of said receiving block starting receiving of said signal without expiring said second time period; and

a control block responding to said count up signal to control said signal processing block to operate said specific task, wherein said timer block starts for a time count at an end of operation of said signal processing block, said mobile station includes an IC card storing therein information of a subscriber, and said specific task of said signal processing block is to detect said IC card in said mobile station.

2. A method comprising the steps of:

starting a time count at a specific timing to count up first and second time periods;

judging at a timing of a count up of a first time period whether a signal reception is effected;

if said signal reception is effected, outputting a count up signal;

if said signal reception is not effected, continuing said time count until one of said second time period expires, and a signal reception is started, and

if said second time period expires without affecting said signal reception, outputting the count up signal at a timing of a count up of said second time period, and

if said signal reception is started without expiring said second time period, outputting the count up signal at a timing of starting of said signal reception; and

responding to said count up signal to operate a specific task, wherein said specific timing to count up the second time period starts at an end of operation of said specific task, and said specific task is an IC card detection.