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Mobile station dynamic power saving control

US7295827B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2004
Grant dateNov 13, 2007
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D30/70
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile station in an 802.11 wireless network dynamically adjusts a number of 802.11 beacon intervals to sleep based on a power savings level and a required wake-up time to receive packets from an access point. The power savings level is based on data traffic activity in a current period. The mobile station wakes up to receive a beacon, and if a beacon is not received, the mobile station sleeps for one additional beacon period.

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