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US 2017/0251431 A1Published application
Power Management of High-Bandwidth Wireless Mesh Network
OwnerSerge Croteau, Alexandre Cervinkainventors
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OwnerSerge Croteau, Alexandre Cervinkainventors
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There is provided a power management method to extend the battery life of wireless routers being parts of Wi-Fi or other high-bandwidth wireless mesh networks. The method comprises the steps of connecting the clients, such as smart phones or computers, on a constant, low-bandwidth connection, using the low-bandwidth protocol/network of the routers, and to activate the high-bandwidth protocol of the router, thus providing a high-bandwidth connection to clients, only when either a request is sent by the client, or the file to transfer has a size to important to be supported by the low-bandwidth connection. There is also provided a method to minimize the power consumption of a mesh of wireless routers by activating the high-bandwidth protocol to only the routers that are located on the shortest route between the main router and the client.
1) A method to reduce power consumption of a network using at least one wireless switching device, the wireless switching device being connected to a low-bandwidth network and to a high-bandwidth network, the wireless switching device being connected to at least one network node and the high-bandwidth network being deactivated, the method comprising:
14) A wireless switching device configured to connect to a low-bandwidth network and to a high-bandwidth network, the wireless switching device comprising:
26) A network of network nodes comprising at least one wireless switching devices, the at least one wireless switching device being configured to connect to a low-bandwidth network and to a high-bandwidth network, the at least one wireless switching device comprising:
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