Patent ID: 9560598
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. An electronic device, comprising: an antenna; and a communication circuit, coupled to the antenna, configured to communicate information via wireless communication, wherein the communication circuit includes: a first receiver circuit configured to detect data in received signals; and a second receiver circuit configured to detect the data in the received signals, wherein, during operation, the second receiver circuit has a larger power consumption than the first receiver circuit; wherein the electronic device is configured to calculate a metric for signals that interfere with the wireless communication, a metric for a data rate associated with the wireless communication, and a metric for a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) associated with the wireless communication, wherein the metric for data rate is calculated based on an amount of downlink data scheduling that is detected during a corresponding measurement interval, and wherein the metric for the SNR is associated with a measured power of a pilot signal and a measured noise over an operating bandwidth in the wireless communication; wherein the electronic device is configured to determine whether to transition the electronic device from a first power state to a second power state by switching from the first receiver circuit to the second receiver circuit based on a logic condition; and wherein the logic condition is based on one of: the metric for the signals and the metric for the data rate, and the metric for the signals and the metric for the SNR.