Patent ID: 8355759

Claim:
A radio receiver, comprising: an RF front end for receiving an inbound radio frequency (RF) signal and a local oscillation and producing a baseband signal from the inbound RF signal and the local oscillation; a baseband processing module for producing inbound data from the baseband signal; a local oscillator for generating the local oscillation; and a power control module for: identifying a receiver inactivity time corresponding to a time period between received RF signals in an established communication link; identifying one or more elements of at least one of the RF front end, baseband processing module and local oscillator that can be powered down and back up within the receiver inactivity time to reduce power consumption; and identifying a restoration time for at least one element of the one or more elements, wherein the restoration time is a time at which the at least one element should automatically be powered on in order to achieve an operational mode steady state prior to the expiration of the receiver inactivity time.