Patent ID: 11882524
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A modem of a communication device, the modem comprising:
a modem processor configured to:
identify a radio resource control (RRC) state of the modem,

the RRC state of the modem being indicative of a reduced activity state of the modem,
identify a projected expiration of a reduced activity period of the modem, based on a time remaining until a next event of the modem, the reduced activity state of the modem corresponding to the reduced activity period of the modem,
control a communication of information about the reduced activity state of the modem via an interface of the communication device, the information about the reduced activity state of the modem comprising an indication of the RRC state of the modem, and
control a communication of information about the projected expiration of the reduced activity period of the modem via the interface, the information about the projected expiration of the reduced activity period of the modem comprising an indication of the time remaining until the next event of the modem,
wherein an operation of a component of the communication device is reduced at least in part during the reduced activity period of the modem, based on the indication of the RRC state of the modem and the indication of the time remaining until the next event of the modem.