Patent ID: 8218467
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: H04H,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a wireless device operable in a multicast communication system to maximize stand-by time of the device operable with an idle mode, the method comprising: determining a time line for decoding of overhead information symbol (OIS) information received in one or more frames in the wireless device, wherein the determining comprises determining a time m that the wireless device needs from being awaken from the idle mode to program hardware used in part to decode the OIS information in order to latch at a frame boundary, determining a hardware decoding time t that the hardware takes from the frame boundary to decode the OIS information, and determining a software decoding time s that a processor running software takes to process the OIS information; and determining an offset time period used for setting a timer period used by the wireless device to decode the OIS information based on the determined time line.