Patent ID: 8477744
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating with a network, comprising: receiving an assignment of first timeslots for uplink communications; receiving a first data block having a first block sequence number and including an instruction to enter a dynamic timeslot reduction (DTR) mode by reducing monitoring to a set of timeslots, the set of timeslots having a number of timeslots less than a number of timeslots to be monitored in accordance with the assignment; after receiving the first data block, determining that at least one second data block was not successfully received from the network, the second data block having a second block sequence number that is less than the first block sequence number; entering the DTR mode even though the at least one second data block was not successfully received from the network by reducing a number of timeslots monitored to the set of timeslots; and receiving a retransmission of the at least one second data block from the network while in DTR mode and using a timeslot in the set of timeslots.