Patent ID: 7953385

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an input that is operative to receive an encoded paging burst from a communication channel; a decoder that is operative to decode the encoded paging burst thereby generating a decoded paging burst; a baseband processor that is operative to analyze the decoded paging burst to determine if the decoded paging burst is a null page, wherein: when the decoded paging burst is determined to be a null page, the baseband processor directs the apparatus to consolidate a plurality of staggered processing operations associated with the apparatus receiving a plurality of subsequent encoded paging bursts; and the baseband processor directs the apparatus to perform the consolidated plurality of staggered processing operations during an awake period following the null page; and wherein: upon completion of the consolidated plurality of staggered processing operations, the apparatus enters a sleep mode period that is shorter than a subsequent sleep mode period as a result of the consolidation of the plurality of staggered processing operations; and the consolidation of the plurality of staggered processing operations makes a length of a subsequent awake period to be shorter than a length of the awake period.