US 2018/0027495 A1 · WAKEUP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICES IN POWER SAVING MODE

Abstract

A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to select a broadcast method for a wakeup signal for a wireless communication device; instruct a base station to broadcast the wakeup signal using the selected broadcast method; and provide information identifying the selected broadcast method to the wireless communication device. The processor may be further configured to receiving a wakeup request from a machine-type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF) device; map the received wakeup request to a wakeup signature beacon signal associated with the wireless communication device; and instruct the base station to transmit a wakeup signature beacon signal to the wireless communication device based on the received wakeup request.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

selecting, by at least one computer device, a broadcast method for a wakeup signal for a wireless communication device;
configuring, by the at least one computer device, a base station to broadcast the wakeup signal using the selected broadcast method;
providing, by the at least one computer device, information identifying the selected broadcast method to the wireless communication device;
receiving, by the at least one computer device, a wakeup request from a machine-type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF) device;
mapping, by the at least one computer device, the received wakeup request to a wakeup signature beacon signal associated with the wireless communication device;
and
providing, by the at least one computer device, a wakeup signature beacon signal to the wireless communication device based on the received wakeup request.

4 more elements

A computer device comprising:

a memory storing instructions;
and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
select a broadcast method for a wakeup signal for a wireless communication device;
instruct a base station to broadcast the wakeup signal using the selected broadcast method;
provide information identifying the selected broadcast method to the wireless communication device;
receiving a wakeup request from a machine-type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF) device;
map the received wakeup request to a wakeup signature beacon signal associated with the wireless communication device;
and
instruct the base station to transmit a wakeup signature beacon signal to the wireless communication device based on the received wakeup request.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/722,504Filed 2 Oct 2017

Priority

9 Jul 2015

Published

25 Jan 2018

Term ends

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Classification12 codes

H04W 52/0235
Where the received signal is a wanted signal: where the received signal is a power saving command
G06F 1/3206
Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode: monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power…
G06F 1/325
Power saving characterised by the action undertaken: power saving in peripheral device
H04W 40/244
Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update: using a network of reference devices, e.g. beaconing

Wakeup system and method for devices in power saving mode

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Abstract

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