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Re: Of efficient usage of the cell radio

 

Interesting, it seems that "now" vs "when cheap" as delivery options are
more interesting that the other QOS semantics.

Lucio.


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Loïc Minier <loic.minier@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>         Hey
>
> Found this video interesting:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSIB2pDvH3E&list=FLFFBkJcBLERnUclMzr1UsNg&index=1
> DevBytes: Efficient Data Transfers - Understanding the Cell Radio
>
> bottom-line: whenever you use the radio, it stays on for a long-time
> draining battery.  So while you should optimize for size of the data and
> frequency of the updates, it's much more important to optimize for the
> frequency as to keep the radio off as often as possible.
>
> This is meant for app authors, but obviously it also implies we hould
> batch updates between apps whenever possible for the same reasons.
>
>    Cheers,
> --
> Loïc Minier
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