Patent ID: 7907965

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling power consumption of a radio station, comprising: a plurality of radio systems, each supporting a distinct radio standard, wherein a first radio system of the plurality of radio systems comprises a time control unit and a clock signal generator, wherein the clock signal generator provides a clock signal to the time control unit; a first frequency generating unit comprising an audio-frequency oscillator; and a monitoring unit electrically connected to the first frequency generating unit, to the plurality of radio systems, to the clock signal generator and to the time control unit of the first radio system, wherein the monitoring unit is configured to control power consumption of the time control unit of the first radio system by switching the time control unit to a different operating state during an activation pause; wherein the monitoring unit is configured to determine a remaining time of an activation pause using a clock signal provided by the audio-frequency oscillator, and is configured to receive a remainder of the remaining time of the activation pause from the clock signal generator of the first radio system, the remainder comprising a non-integer multiple of a period of the audio-frequency oscillator.