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Method apparatus and system for reducing power consumption of a wireless device

US8787228B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Shlomo Avital · Jerusalem, IL
Miri Ratner · Ramat Gan, IL
Ofer Markovits · Haifa, IL
Giora Rayzman · Rishon LeZion, IL
Eran Sudak · Nes Ziona, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 2010
Grant date	Jul 22, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 4, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A method, apparatus and a wireless communication system to reduce power consumption of a wireless Multicomm device by using a location-aware scanning for detecting WLAN networks. The location awareness is obtained from a base station identifier of a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and is based on a preconfigured database that associates WWAN BS IDs with potential WLAN networks.

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