Power consumption control method, chip system, and terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022408366-A1
Application number	US-202017774819-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 8, 2020
Priority date	Jan 3, 2020
Publication date	Dec 22, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A power consumption control method, a chip system, and a terminal device in the field of terminal technologies is provided. The method includes: detecting, by a terminal device, a screen state and data traffic of the terminal device; and switching the terminal device from a normal working mode to a low power mode when the screen state is a screen-off state and the data traffic is less than or equal to a preset traffic threshold. In the low power mode, the terminal device does not receive downlink data, and current in a radio frequency path of the terminal device drops to a preset current, where the preset current is less than a current value of the radio frequency path in the normal working mode.

First claim

1 . A power consumption control method, the method comprising:
detecting, by a terminal device, a screen state and data traffic of the terminal device; and switching, by the terminal device, a working mode of the terminal device from a normal working mode to a low power mode in response to the screen state being a screen-off state and the data traffic being less than or equal to a preset traffic threshold; wherein in the low power mode, the terminal device does not receive downlink data and current in a radio frequency path of the terminal device drops to a preset current, and wherein the preset current is less than a current value of the radio frequency path in the normal working mode.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the switching the working mode of the terminal device from the normal working mode to the low power mode, the method further comprises:
in response to the terminal device detecting that the downlink data needs to be transmitted, switching, by the terminal device, the working mode of the terminal device from the low power mode to the normal working mode to complete receiving of the downlink data, and keeping the terminal device in the normal working mode within a preset period.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the switching the working mode of the terminal device from the normal working mode to the low power mode, the method further comprises:
in response to the terminal device detecting that a subframe type of a current transmission time interval (TTI) is a preset subframe type, switching, by the terminal device, the working mode of the terminal device from the low power mode to the normal working mode, and switching, by the terminal device, the working mode of the terminal device from the normal working mode to the low power mode in response to the current TTI ending.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the low power mode, the terminal device turns off radio frequency of the radio frequency path after completing receiving of downlink control information (DCI) within each transmission time interval (TTI), wherein the DCI is used to indicate whether the downlink data needs to be received.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
switching, by the terminal device, an antenna diversity of the radio frequency path to a minimum antenna diversity in response to the terminal device switching to the low power mode; and after the terminal device switches from the normal working mode to the low power mode, switching, by the terminal device, the antenna diversity of the radio frequency path to a maximum antenna diversity in response to the terminal device detecting that the downlink data needs to be transmitted.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the switching the terminal device from a normal working mode to a low power mode, the method further comprises:
switching the working mode of the terminal device from the low power mode to the normal working mode in response to the terminal device being switched from the screen-off state to a screen-on state.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the normal working mode, the terminal device receives the downlink data.

8 . A chip system applied to a terminal device, the chip system comprising:
an application processor (AP); and a modem, wherein: the AP detects screen state of the terminal device, the screen state comprising a screen-on state or a screen-off state; the AP detects data traffic of the terminal device in response to the terminal device being switched from the screen-on state to the screen-off state; the AP sends first indication information to the modem in response to the data traffic being less than or equal to a preset traffic threshold, the first indication information being used to instruct the modem to switch to a low power mode; the modem switches from a normal working mode to the low power mode in response to receiving the first indication information; and in the low power mode, the modem does not receive downlink data and current in a radio frequency path of the modem drops to a preset current, wherein the preset current is less than a current value of the radio frequency path in the normal working mode.

9 . The chip system according to claim 8 , wherein in the low power mode, the modem turns off radio frequency of the radio frequency path after completing receiving of downlink control information (DCI) within each transmission time interval (TTI), wherein the DCI is used to indicate whether the downlink data needs to be received.

10 . The chip system according to claim 9 , wherein after the modem switches from the normal working mode to the low power mode, in response to the model determining that the DCI received in a current TTI indicates that the downlink data needs to be received, the modem switches from the low power mode to the normal working mode from a next TTI after the current TTI to complete receiving of the downlink data, and remains in the normal working mode within a preset period.

11 . The chip system according to claim 9 , wherein after the modem switches from the normal working mode to the low power mode, in response to the model determining that a subframe type of the current TTI is a preset subframe type, the modem switches from the low power mode to the normal working mode, and switches from the normal working mode to the low power mode in response to the current TTI ending.

12 . The chip system according to claim 8 , wherein:
the modem switches an antenna diversity of the radio frequency path to a minimum antenna diversity in response to the modem switching from the normal working mode to the low power mode; and after the modem switches from the normal working mode to the low power mode, the modem switches the antenna diversity of the radio frequency path to a maximum antenna diversity in response to the modem detecting that the downlink data needs to be transmitted.

13 . The chip system according to claim 8 , wherein:
the AP sends second indication information to the modem in response to the AP detecting that the terminal device is switched from the screen-off state to the screen-on state, the second indication information being used to instruct the modem to switch to the normal working mode; and the modem switches from the low power mode to the normal working mode in response to receiving the second indication information.

14 . The chip system according to claim 8 , wherein in the normal working mode, the modem receives the downlink data.

15 . A terminal device, comprising:
a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions, and the processor is configured to read and execute the instructions stored in the memory to enable the terminal device to perform: detecting a screen state and data traffic of the terminal device; and switching a working mode of the terminal device from a normal working mode to a low power mode in response to the screen state being a screen-off state and the data traffic being less than or equal to a preset traffic threshold; wherein in the low power mode, the terminal device does not receive downlink data and current in a radio frequency path of the terminal device drops to a preset current, wherein the preset current is less than a current value of the radio frequency path in the normal working mode.

16 . The terminal device according to claim 15 , wherein after the terminal device switches from the normal working mode to the low power mode, in response to the terminal device detecting that the downli

Assignees

• Honor Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• E Nan
• Xue Jiantao

Classifications

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title

• H04W52/0261

  managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level · CPC title

• H04W52/0258 Primary

  controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day · CPC title

• H04W52/028

  switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks · CPC title