Patent ID: 9265004
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method for communication, comprising: in a receiver, receiving over a wireless communication channel a signal that carries at least a sequence of reference signals and a control channel; computing a first estimate of a response of the wireless communication channel using a first estimation process that estimates the response based on reference signals received over a first time interval of the sequence of the reference signals, and decoding the control channel based on the first estimate; upon identifying, based on the decoded control channel, a time period during which no data channel is to be addressed to the receiver, shutting down circuitry of the receiver for at least part of the identified time period; and computing a second estimate of the response using a second estimation process that estimates the response based on reference signals received over a second time interval of the same sequence of the reference signals, longer than the first time interval, and decoding a data channel that is addressed to the receiver based on the second estimate.