Patent ID: 8908544
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a radio frequency unit including a baseband unit configured to a MAC logic configured to control the radio frequency unit to operate in either a power save mode or in a high power mode based, at least in part, on the channel quality information, wherein during the power save mode the radio frequency unit uses a reduced power to actively communicate with the remote device, wherein the channel quality information includes signal strength information that indicates a strength of the radio frequency signals, and wherein the MAC logic is configured to control the radio frequency unit to operate in the power save mode upon determining that the signal strength information indicates that a signal strength of the radio frequency signals is below a pre-determined signal strength threshold, and wherein the predetermined signal strength threshold is based, at least in part, on a sustainable post-equalizer signal strength for a pre-determined data rate.