Power Saving in WLAN Stations Using Data Accumulation at an Access Point
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsJarkko Kneckt, Olli Alanen, Timo Nihtila, Mika Kasslin
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Abstract
There is provided, for example, a method, comprising: transmitting, by a wireless device, a data accumulation request to an access node of a wireless network, wherein the data accumulation request comprises at least one downlink accumulation rule for accumulating downlink data; receiving a message from the access node, wherein the message indicates that there is downlink data in the access node for the wireless device; and triggering a service period for receiving the downlink data from the access node upon determining, on the basis of the received message, that the downlink data satisfies the at least one downlink accumulation rule.
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A method, comprising:
- transmitting, by a wireless device, a data accumulation request to an access node of a wireless network, wherein the data accumulation request comprises at least one downlink accumulation rule for accumulating downlink data;
- receiving a message from the access node, wherein the message indicates that there is downlink data in the access node for the wireless device;
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- triggering a service period for receiving the downlink data from the access node upon determining, on the basis of the received message, that the downlink data satisfies the at least one downlink accumulation rule.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by an access node of a wireless network, a data accumulation request from a wireless device, wherein the data accumulation request comprises at least one downlink accumulation rule for accumulating downlink data;
- transmitting a message to the wireless device upon determining that the at least one downlink accumulation rule is met, wherein the message indicates that there is downlink data satisfying the at least one downlink accumulation rule for the wireless device in order to allow the wireless device to trigger a service period for receiving the downlink data;
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- transmitting the downlink data to the wireless device upon detecting that the wireless device has triggered the service period.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to:
- cause a wireless device of a wireless network to transmit a data accumulation request to an access node of the wireless network, wherein the data accumulation request comprises at least one downlink accumulation rule for accumulating downlink data;
- cause the wireless device to receive a message from the access node, wherein the message indicates that there is downlink data in the access node for the wireless device;
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- trigger a service period for receiving the downlink data from the access node upon determining, on the basis of the received message, that the downlink data satisfies the at least one downlink accumulation rule.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to:
- cause an access node of a wireless network to receive a data accumulation request from a wireless device of the wireless network, wherein the data accumulation request comprises at least one downlink accumulation rule for accumulating downlink data;
- cause the access node to transmit a message to the wireless device upon determining that the at least one downlink accumulation rule is met, wherein the message indicates that there is downlink data satisfying the at least one downlink accumulation rule for the wireless device in order to allow the wireless device to trigger a service period for receiving the downlink data;
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- cause the access node to transmit the downlink data to the wireless device upon detecting that the wireless device has triggered the service period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.