Systems and methods for providing wireless asymmetric network architectures of wireless devices with power management features

An apparatus for providing a wireless asymmetric network architecture, comprising:

• a memory for storing instructions;
• one or more processing units to execute instructions to establish and control communications in the wireless asymmetric network architecture;
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• radio frequency (RF) circuitry to transmit and receive communications in the wireless asymmetric network architecture, the RF circuitry to transmit communications to a plurality of sensor nodes each having at least one sensor and a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver to enable bi-directional communications with the RF circuitry of the apparatus in the wireless asymmetric network architecture, wherein the one or more processing units are configured to receive a communication from a wireless device of a sensor node or from another apparatus and to determine a scheduled timing of operating each sensor node at a low-energy non-communicative state for a first time period and at a communicative state for a second time period based on a timing of receiving the communication to reduce power consumption of the wireless devices of the plurality of sensor nodes, wherein the apparatus is powered by a mains electrical source and the plurality of sensor nodes are each powered by a battery source to form the wireless asymmetric network architecture.

A sensor node for a wireless asymmetric network architecture, comprising:

• at least one sensor;
• a memory for storing instructions;
• processing logic coupled to the memory and the at least one sensor, the processing logic to execute instructions for processing data received from the at least one sensor and for processing communications for the sensor node;
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• radio frequency (RF) circuitry coupled to the processing logic, the RF circuitry includes transmitter and receiver functionality to transmit communications to a hub and to receive communications from the hub in the wireless asymmetric network architecture, wherein the processing logic is configured to execute instructions to receive a first communication from the hub or to transmit a second communication to the hub and to determine a scheduled timing of operating the sensor node at a low-energy non-communicative state for a first time period and at a communicative state for a second time period based on a timing of receiving the first communication or transmitting the second communication to reduce power consumption of the sensor node, wherein the hub is powered by a mains electrical source and the sensor node is powered by a battery source to form the wireless asymmetric network architecture.