System and method for reducing power consumption in mesh router access point devices
AssigneeDISH Network Technologies India Private Limited
InventorsManigandan Subramani, Hariprasanth Mohanraj, Ramegowda Thimmegowda, Anandaraj Philips
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Abstract
A method of operating a mesh router AP device includes: receiving a first signal transmitted by a client device, obtaining a first received signal strength indicator value based on the first signal transmitted by the client device, generating a first power level value based on the first received signal strength indicator value, and transmitting a first message to the client device based on the first power level value.
Claims17
A method of operating a mesh router access point device, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the mesh router access point device, a first signal transmitted by a client device;
- obtaining, by the mesh router access point device, a first received signal strength indicator value based on the first signal transmitted by the client device;
- generating, by the mesh router access point device, a first power level value based on the first received signal strength indicator value;
- transmitting, by the mesh router access point device, a first message to the client device based on the first power level value;
- and
- detecting, by the mesh router access point device, that a circuit is consuming a first amount of power while in the inactive state;
- causing, by the mesh router access point device, the circuit to consume no power or a second amount of power that is less than the first amount of power in response to the detecting that the circuit is consuming the first amount of power in the inactive state.
A mesh router access point device, comprising:
- at least one memory that stores computer executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor that executes the computer executable instructions to cause actions to be performed, the actions including:
- receive a first signal transmitted by a client device;
- obtain a first received signal strength indicator value based on the first signal transmitted by the client device;
- store an identifier of the client device in response to the first received signal strength indicator value being greater than a first threshold value;
- generate a first power level value based on the first received signal strength indicator value;
- transmit a first message to the client device based on the first power level value;
- obtain a plurality of second received signal strength indicator values respectively corresponding to a plurality of second signals consecutively transmitted by the client device;
- in response to each of the plurality of second received signal strength indicator values being less than a second threshold value that is less than the first threshold value:
- delete the identifier of the client device;
- and
- switch operation of the mesh router access point device from a first mode in which the mesh router access point device consumes a first amount of power to a second mode in which the mesh router access point device consumes a second amount of power that is less than the first amount of power.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to cause actions to be performed by a mesh router access point device, the actions including:
- receive a first signal transmitted by a client device;
- obtain a first received signal strength indicator value based on the first signal transmitted by the client device;
- associate an indicator of a connected state with an identifier of the client device in response to the first received signal strength indicator value being greater than a first threshold value;
- generate a first power level value based on the first received signal strength indicator value;
- transmit a first message to the client device based on the first power level value;
- obtain a plurality of second received signal strength indicator values respectively corresponding to a plurality of second signals consecutively transmitted by the client device;
- in response to each of the plurality of second received signal strength indicator values being less than a second threshold value that is less than the first threshold value:
- associate an indicator of a disconnected state with the identifier of the client device;
- and
- switch operation of the mesh router access point device from a first mode in which the mesh router access point device consumes a first amount of power to a second mode in which the mesh router access point device consumes a second amount of power that is less than the first amount of power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.