Energy reduction for stations using multi-link operations
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsMalcolm Muir Smith, Indermeet Singh Gandhi, Robert Edgar Barton
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, methods, computer readable medium, and circuits for reducing energy consumption of one or more station devices, the method including: monitoring, at a controller, energy usage by one or more station devices, on a wireless local area network (WLAN); determining, at the controller, reduction in energy consumption on the WLAN is required to meet a predetermined target; and transmitting, from the controller, a beacon that instructs the one or more station devices to enter an energy efficiency mode.
Claims20
A method of reducing energy consumption of one or more station devices, the method comprising:
- monitoring, at a controller, energy usage by one or more station devices, on a wireless local area network (WLAN);
- determining, at the controller, reduction in energy consumption on the WLAN is required to meet a predetermined target;
- and
- transmitting, from the controller, a beacon that instructs the one or more station devices to enter an energy efficiency mode,
- wherein the one or more station devices comprise multi-link devices (MLDs) operating across multiple frequency bands, and the beacon includes link-specific instructions for adjusting one or more physical layer parameters of the multi-link devices.
A system comprising:
- a storage configured to store instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the processor to:
- monitor, at a controller, energy usage by one or more station devices, on a wireless local area network (WLAN);
- determine, at the controller, reduction in energy consumption on the WLAN is required to meet a predetermined target;
- and
- transmit, from the controller, a beacon that instructs the one or more station devices to enter an energy efficiency mode,
- wherein the one or more station devices comprise multi-link devices (MLDs) operating across multiple frequency bands, and the beacon includes link-specific instructions for adjusting one or more physical layer parameters of the multi-link devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.