Apple Inc.
TRANSMISSION SLOT BLANKING FOR POWER OPTIMIZATION

Abstract:

A method and user equipment for transmission slot blank. The method includes, at the user equipment ("UE"), establishing a voice call, determining whether the voice call currently comprises a silence period, blanking at least two slots of a control frame according to a predetermined pattern, wherein the predetermined pattern includes at least one slot that is not blanked between the at least two slots that are blanked, and transmitting the control frame.