Patent ID: 7203527

Claim:
A method of reducing power consumption by a mobile station during an active CDMA data-voice connection, the method comprising: a) establishing a CDMA data-voice connection between a mobile station (“MS”) and a base station (“BS”) employing initial levels of receive processing on a plurality of physical channels; b) identifying a suspended transfer state during which the MS will not receive data on at least a particular one of the plurality of physical channels for a duration that is not predetermined; and c) reducing the receive processing of a signal on the particular channel; d) continuing to receive process at least one notification channel during the suspended transfer state; e) receiving, on the notification channel at the MS, an indication of a need to transition from suspended to active transfer state, the indication including i) a MAC address, corresponding to the MS, that is disposed in data of a notification packet transmitted on the notification channel, and ii) a predetermined group of data bits, separate from the MAC address within the data on the notification channel, that have been set to predetermined values; and f) consequently returning receive processing of the particular channel to the initial level.