Patent ID: 7463872

Claim:
A method for controlling a gain state of a wireless receiver operating in an idle mode, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, during a first wake-up period of the wireless receiver, a notification signal which indicates that the wireless receiver is to be placed in a sleep mode; reading a gain control state value from a gain controller during the first wake-up period; storing the gain control state value in memory; in response to the notification signal: causing the wireless receiver to be placed in the sleep mode; running a sleep mode timer for the sleep mode; in response to expiration of the sleep mode timer: causing the wireless receiver to be exited from the sleep mode for entering into a second wake-up period; providing the stored gain control state value from the memory to the wireless receiver; running a warm-up period timer for a warm-up period of the second wake-up period; in response to expiration of the warm-up period timer: switching from use of the stored gained control state value by the wireless receiver to a gain control state value from the gain controller which is based on a signal level of a currently received signal in the wireless receiver.