Patent ID: 8296595

Claim:
A method of regulating power consumption in a transceiver, comprising: determining whether the receiver has detected a data signal within a given period of time while the transceiver is in a first state; determining a next state of the transceiver based on whether the receiver has detected the data signal within the given period of time; selectively providing power to a transmitter within the transceiver using a first power control signal to place the transceiver in the next state, wherein power is supplied to the transmitter when the next state is a power up state or a wake-up state, and power is withheld from the transmitter when the next state is a power down state; selectively providing power to a third element within the transceiver using a second power control signal to place the transceiver in the next state, wherein power is supplied to the third element when the next state is in the power up state, and power is withheld from the third element when the next state is the power down state or the wake-up state, wherein the first state is the power down state and the given period of time is a first period of time failing to detect the data signal within the first period of time; and determining the next state of the transceiver should be the wake-up state.