Patent ID: 7003332

Claim:
A method for decreasing power-on time of a software-defined radio comprising a hardware portion, an application portion, and an operating environment portion, said method comprising: in response to a power-off signal, removing electrical power from at least one hardware component of said hardware portion; in response to said power-off signal, configuring said application portion to be in an application portion suspended state, wherein: selected application parameters are retained in said application portion; in response to said power-off signal, configuring said operating environment portion to be in an operating environment suspended state, wherein: selected operating environment parameters are retained in said operating environment portion; in response to a power-on signal, restoring power to said at least one hardware component of said hardware portion; in response to said power-on signal, restoring said application portion to an application portion operational state utilizing said retained selected application portion parameters; in response to said power-on signal, restoring said operating environment portion to an operating environment portion operational state utilizing said retained selected operating environment parameters.