Coordination amongst heterogeneous wireless devices

A method for coordinating communication amongst wireless communication devices in a wireless network, comprising:

• receiving, at a receive device, an incoming data signal via a wireless communication link from a transmit device, where the incoming data signal includes a sequence of energy pulses separated by a gap;
• sampling, by the receive device, the incoming data signal to yield a plurality of data samples;
• detecting, by the receive device, edges of the energy pulses embodied in the incoming data signal;
• determining, by the receive device, duration of the gap between energy pulses using the detected edges of the energy pulses, where the duration of the gap encodes coordination data for the receive device;
• and
• coordinating, by the receive device, communication between the receive device and the transmit device based on the coordination data.

A method for reducing power consumption of a wireless communication device, comprising:

• reducing, by a receiver in the device, clock rate of a clock during an idle listening period of the device, the reduced clock rate being less than a full clock rate and the clock operating a receiver of the device;
• detecting, by the receiver, a preamble of a data packet received by the receiver during the idle listening period, the preamble is comprised of a sequence of energy pulses separated by a gap, where duration of the gap indicates an address of an intended device;
• determining, by the receiver, whether the data packet is intended for the device, the determination being based on the duration of the gap;
• restoring, by the receiver, clock rate of the clock to the full clock rate when the duration of the gap correlates to the address of the device;
• and
• continuing to operate the clock at the reduced clock rate when the duration of the gap does not correlate to the address of the device.