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Ultra-Low Power Wake-Up Radio (WUR)

Nanowatt-Scale Wake-Up Receiver for 6G Terminals

An auxiliary ultra-low-power receiver circuit on the UE that continuously listens for a wake-up signal while keeping the primary 6G modem in deep sleep.

Technical Explanation

To attain extreme battery life in 6G smartphones, wearables, and industrial sensors, the Wake-Up Radio (WUR) operates at microwatt or sub-microwatt power consumption (<10 µW). It monitors a specialized low-rate on-off keying (OOK) or frequency-shift keying (FSK) wake-up packet transmitted by the 6G base station. Only upon decoding its unique terminal identifier does the WUR trigger the main power management IC (PMIC) to boot the multi-gigabit 6G baseband and RF front-end.

Key Functions

  • Reduces idle smartphone and sensor power consumption by up to 95%
  • Listens continuously on dedicated wake-up channels without draining battery
  • Generates hardware interrupt to wake up high-throughput 6G SoC
  • Enables instant on-demand paging without periodic power-hungry DRX cycles
Specifications
3GPP TS 38.300 Rel-19 WUR, IEEE 802.11ba
Interfaces
PMIC Hardware InterruptLow-Rate Sub-Carrier ChannelUu-WUR
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