Aestivation also aestivate. Although relatively uncommon, a small number of mammals aestivate. Animal physiologist Kathrin Dausmann of Philipps University of Marburg, Germany, and coworkers presented evidence in a 2004 edition of "Nature" that the Malagasy fat-tailed dwarf lemur hibernates or aestivates in a small tree hole for seven months of the year. According to the Oakland Zoo in California, East African hedgehogs are thought to aestivate during the dry season. Aestivation Aestivation or æstivation (from , summer, but also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate,
Fast Dormancy the 3GPP specifications, published in 2010, standardized the data connection idling process and replaced earlier methods such as "Autonomous Signalling Connection Release" with Fast Dormancy. The Fast Dormancy feature resolved the issues reported by mobile carriers by implementing different states that set the level of power consumption and data throughput that the device can utilize. This allows for the device to maintain a consistent connection between data transfers while reducing battery consumption during periods of inactivity. The term "Fast Dormancy" was coined as a short-hand way of describing its main purpose, which is to quickly put mobile devices into a