Patent ID: 9432934
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method of transmitting a sequence of messages from a wireless telecommunications device to a telecommunications network, the sequence of messages comprising a plurality of messages to be transmitted at specified times, wherein the plurality of messages comprises a first message and at least another message, the method comprising: transmitting the first message in the sequence of messages, wherein each subsequent message in the sequence of messages includes a retransmission of the first message; starting a timer in response to transmitting the first message in the sequence of messages, the timer having an expiry period that determines when a second message in the sequence of messages is to be transmitted; turning off at least one of a transmitter or receiver of the device for a period of time in response to transmitting the first message in the sequence of messages, wherein the period of time is less than the expiry period of the timer; at the end of the period of time and prior to the end of the expiry period of the timer, turning on at least one of the transmitter or receiver of the device to prepare transmission of the second message of the sequence of messages; and on expiry of the timer, transmitting the second message in the sequence of messages.