TOBY-R2 series - System integration manual
UBX-16010572 - R10
System description
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1.5.1.5
VCC current consumption in cyclic idle/active mode (power saving enabled)
The power saving configuration is by default disabled, but it can be enabled using the AT+UPSV
command (see the u-blox AT commands manual
). When power saving is enabled, the module
automatically enters the low power idle-mode whenever possible, reducing current consumption.
During low power idle-mode, the module processor runs with 32 kHz reference clock frequency.
When the power saving configuration is enabled and the module is registered or attached to a
network, the module automatically enters the low power idle-mode whenever possible, but it must
periodically monitor the paging channel of the current base station (paging block reception), in
accordance to the 2G/3G/LTE system requirements, even if connected-mode is not enabled by the
application. When the module monitors the paging channel, it wakes up to the active-mode, to enable
the reception of paging block. In between, the module switches to low power idle-mode. This is known
as discontinuous reception (DRX).
The module processor core is activated during the paging block reception, and automatically switches
its reference clock frequency from 32 kHz to the 26 MHz used in active-mode.
The time period between two paging block receptions is defined by the network. This is the paging
period parameter, fixed by the base station through broadcast channel sent to all users on the same
serving cell:
For 2G RAT, the paging period can vary from 470.8 ms (DRX = 2, length of 2 x 51 2G frames = 2 x 51
x 4.615 ms) up to 2118.4 ms (DRX = 9, length of 9 x 51 2G frames = 9 x 51 x 4.615 ms)
For 3G RAT, the paging period can vary from 640 ms (DRX = 6, i.e. length of 2
6
3G frames = 64 x
10 ms) up to 5120 ms (DRX = 9, length of 2
9
3G frames = 512 x 10 ms).
For LTE RAT, the paging period can vary from 320 ms (DRX = 5, i.e. length of 2
5
LTE frames = 32 x
10 ms) up to 2560 ms (DRX = 8, length of 2
8
LTE frames = 256 x 10 ms).
illustrates a typical example of the module current consumption profile when power saving is
enabled. The module is registered with network, automatically enters the low power idle-mode and
periodically wakes up to active-mode to monitor the paging channel for the paging block reception.
Detailed current consumption values can be found in TOBY-R2 series data sheet
~50 ms
IDLE MODE
ACTIVE MODE
IDLE MODE
Active Mode
Enabled
Idle Mode
Enabled
2G case: 0.44-2.09 s
3G case: 0.61-5.09 s
LTE case: 0.27-2.51 s
IDLE MODE
~50 ms
ACTIVE MODE
Time [s]
Current [mA]
Time [ms]
Current [mA]
RX
Enabled
0
100
0
100
Figure 9: VCC current consumption profile with power saving enabled and module registered with the network: the module
is in low-power idle-mode and periodically wakes up to active-mode to monitor the paging channel for paging block reception
