Patent ID: 8315314

Claim:
A method for receiving data comprising: exiting a power saving mode at least two times for corresponding fixed and periodic active periods of time at a receiver in order to receive a separate burst transmission from a first stream during each of the corresponding active periods of time, the active periods of time having a first common length of time determined prior to a first of the active periods of time; receiving, during the active periods of time, the burst transmissions from the first stream at the receiver, the burst transmissions being received over a continuous-mode transmission system; receiving, during the active periods of time, data from a second stream at the receiver, the data from the second stream being received over the continuous-mode transmission system; discarding the data received from the second stream; and after receiving each of the burst transmissions from the first stream during the at least two active periods of time, entering the power saving mode for corresponding fixed and periodic power-saving periods of time while waiting for another burst from the first stream, the power-saving periods of time having a second common length of time determined prior to a first of the active periods of time, and wherein the burst transmissions use a data structure that includes a synchronization segment containing data usable by a receiver to synchronize with the burst transmissions.