Systems, Structures and Associated Processes for Optimization of State Transitions within Wireless Networks

An apparatus for optimizing communications on a wireless network between a client device and a network element, wherein the apparatus comprises:

• at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to
• track link states that occur in the wireless network;
• receive metrics that describe any of channel load, a state of packets from a transport layer, or user interaction with the client device;
• determine whether traffic related to at least one application is altering a behavior of at least one of the link states based on at least one category;
• and
• modify a transition of at least one of the link states based any of the category, a battery level of the client device, a power connection of the client device, a spectral cost, a backhaul cost, or at least one message.

A client device implemented over a wireless network, comprising:

• a mechanism for sending and receiving wireless signals;
• and
• at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to
• track link states that occur in the wireless network,
• receive metrics that describe any of channel load, a state of packets from a transport layer, or user interaction with the client device,
• determine whether traffic related to at least one application is altering a behavior of at least one of the link states based on at least one category, and
• modify a transition of at least one of the link states based any of the category, a battery level of the client device, a power connection of the client device, a spectral cost, a backhaul cost, or at least one message.