Mobile communication device with low power signal detector
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1. A communication device, comprising:
- circuitry configured tocommunicate according to each of a plurality of communication protocols, each communication protocol being associated with a plurality of non-informational characteristics;
operate in a plurality of modes, the plurality of modes including a sleep mode and an active mode, wherein, when in the active mode, a received communication signal is processed to determine information being communicated by the received communication signal; and
determine whether to transition operation from the sleep mode to the active mode based at least in part on whether at least one non-informational characteristic of the received communication signal matches at least one of the non-informational characteristic of a particular one of the communication protocols.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a communication device having first circuitry and second circuitry. The first circuitry is capable of operating in a plurality of modes. The second circuitry is capable of determining whether to transition operation of the first circuitry from a sleep mode to a non-sleep mode based at least in part on whether a non-informational characteristic of a received communication signal matches a non-informational characteristic of a particular one of a plurality of communication protocols.
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1. A communication device, comprising:
circuitry configured to communicate according to each of a plurality of communication protocols, each communication protocol being associated with a plurality of non-informational characteristics; operate in a plurality of modes, the plurality of modes including a sleep mode and an active mode, wherein, when in the active mode, a received communication signal is processed to determine information being communicated by the received communication signal; and determine whether to transition operation from the sleep mode to the active mode based at least in part on whether at least one non-informational characteristic of the received communication signal matches at least one of the non-informational characteristic of a particular one of the communication protocols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by circuitry of a communication device, a communication signal; and determining, by the circuitry, whether to transition operation from a sleep mode to an active mode based at least in part on whether a non-informational characteristic of the received communication signal matches a non-informational characteristic of a particular one of a plurality of communication protocols, which are each associated with a plurality of non-informational characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system, comprising:
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first circuitry configured to communicate according to each of a plurality of communication protocols, each communication protocol being associated with a plurality of non-informational characteristics second circuitry configured to operate in at least a sleep mode and a non-sleep mode; third circuitry configured to determine whether to transition operation of the second circuitry from the sleep mode to the non-sleep mode based at least in part on whether at least one non-informational characteristic of a received communication signal matches at least one of the non-informational characteristic of a particular one of the plurality of communication protocols. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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