Unscheduled peer power save mode
OwnerMaarten Menzo Wentinkinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of unscheduled peer power save systems, devices and methods are disclosed. For example, a method of saving power for nodes configured to communicate via a direct link is provided. In one embodiment, among others, the method comprises forming, at an access point node (AP node), a indication frame for a client node, when no service period has occurred for the client node for a period of time at least equal to an indication window; sending the formed indication frame from the AP node to the client node through an access point; receiving, at the client node, the peer traffic indication from the access point; and determining, at the client node, that the AP node has traffic to send to the client node based on the indication frame.
Claims20
A method of saving power for nodes configured to communicate via a direct link, comprising:
- forming, at an access point node (AP node), an indication frame for a client node, when no service period has occurred for the client node for a period of time at least equal to an indication window;
- sending the formed indication frame from the AP node to the client node through an access point;
- receiving, at the client node, the indication frame from the access point;
- and
- determining, at the client node, that the AP node has traffic to send to the client node based on the indication frame.
A device configured to communicate with a client node over a direct link, the device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory component that stores logic executable by the processor, the logic configured to:
- determine whether an access category (AC) is backlogged with traffic for the client node;
- determine whether a service period has occurred for the AC for the client node for a period of time equal to or greater than an indication window;
- form an indication frame responsive to a determination that the AC for the client node is backlogged and a determination that no service period has occurred for the AC for the client node for a period of time equal to or greater than the indication window;
- and
- transmit the formed indication frame to the client node.
A method of saving power for nodes configured to communicate via a direct link, comprising:
- determining whether an access category (AC) is backlogged with traffic for the client node;
- determining whether a service period has occurred for the AC for the client node for a period of time equal to or greater than an indication window;
- forming an indication frame responsive to a determination that the AC for the client node is backlogged with traffic for the client node and a determination that no service period has occurred for the AC for the client node for a period of time equal to or greater than the indication window;
- and
- transmitting the formed indication frame to the client node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.