Patent ID: 8649331
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a mobile device having a radio frequency (RF) receiver for wireless communications, the method comprising: when a packet data burst being communicated to the mobile device over a packet data channel of a serving cell and a broadcast data burst being communicated to the mobile device over a broadcast control channel of a neighbor cell are identified by the mobile device to be overlapped in time: setting the RF receiver of the mobile device to receive the packet data burst instead of the broadcast data burst based on identifying that the neighbor cell is not a candidate for an upcoming handoff; and setting the RF receiver of the mobile device to receive the broadcast data burst instead of the packet data burst based on identifying that the neighbor cell is a candidate for an upcoming handoff and that a call drop between the mobile device and the serving cell is imminent; and identifying that the call drop is imminent when a signal strength measurement of the serving cell is identified to be below a predetermined threshold.