# US 2019/0380100 A1 · Method and apparatus for power autoscaling in a resource-constrained network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0380100 A1 - Document ID: US20190380100A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/546,960 - Filed: 2019-08-21 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2011-03-02 - Assignees: Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. - Applicants: Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. - Inventors: John Peter Norair - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190380100A1 ## CPC - H04W 56/002: {Mutual synchronization} - H04B 17/318: Received signal strength - H04L 1/0061: {Error detection codes} - H04L 1/0083: {Formatting with frames or packets; Protocol or part of protocol for error control} - H04L 43/0847: {Transmission error} - H04L 43/16: Threshold monitoring - H04L 47/822: {Collecting or measuring resource availability data} - H04L 49/555: {Error detection} - H04L 69/22: Parsing or analysis of headers - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 28/0205: {at the air interface (dynamic wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12)} - H04W 28/04: Error control - H04W 40/023: {Limited or focused flooding to selected areas of a network} - H04W 48/08: Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) - H04W 52/0235: {where the received signal is a power saving command} - H04W 52/06: TPC algorithms - H04W 52/242: {taking into account path loss} - H04W 52/243: {taking into account interferences} - H04W 52/245: {taking into account received signal strength} - H04W 52/36: with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets - H04W 52/54: Signalisation aspects of the TPC commands, e.g. frame structure - H04W 56/001: {Synchronization between nodes} - H04W 56/0025: {synchronizing potentially movable access points} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/0473: {the resource being transmission power} - H04W 74/0808: using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] - H04W 74/0816: with collision avoidance - H04W 74/085: {collision avoidance} - H04L 43/0882: Utilisation of link capacity - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract An electronic device may adaptively manage power consumption associated with transmission and/or reception of signals by the electronic device, wherein the adaptive power management may comprise adjusting transmit power and/or one or more power-related thresholds used during transmission or reception operations in the electronic device. Adjustments to the transmit power and/or the one or more power-related thresholds may be determined based on comparison between power measurement associated with signals received by said electronic device with original transmit power for the signals. The reception power measurement may be determined based on detected received signal strength indication (RSSI). The original transmit power may be determined based on signal transmission information embedded in at least one frame carried via said signals. The original transmission power may be embedded as an equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) value. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: adaptively managing power consumption of an electronic device by adaptively adjusting transmit power used during transmission of signals by said electronic device, wherein: said adaptive adjusting is based on received signal strength of a received frame and based on a power at which said received frame was transmitted; and said power at which said received frame was transmitted is embedded in said received frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said power at which said received frame was transmitted is embedded in said received frame as an equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) value. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising adjusting said transmit power used during transmission of signals by said electronic device based on a determination of a desired maximum communication range and/or a particular target peer device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, comprising determining said desired maximum communication based on power loss associated with communication of said received frame. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, comprising determining said power loss associated with communication of said received frame based on difference between said received signal strength of said received frame and said power at which said received frame was transmitted. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising selectively activating or deactivating said adaptive power management. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising applying said adaptive power management in accordance with a particular algorithm selected from a plurality of available algorithms, said plurality of available algorithms comprise standard based algorithms and/or proprietary algorithms. ### Claim 8 A method, comprising: adaptively managing power consumption of an electronic device by adaptively adjusting reception sensitivity applicable during reception of signals by said electronic device, wherein: said adaptive adjusting is based on received signal strength of a received frame and based on a power at which said received frame was transmitted; said power at which said received frame was transmitted is embedded in said received frame; and said reception sensitivity adaptively controls terminating processing of or discarding of said received frame. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein said power at which said received frame was transmitted is embedded in said received frame as an equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) value. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, comprising adaptively adjusting said reception sensitivity of said electronic device by adaptively adjusting one or more power-related thresholds used during reception of signals by said electronic device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, comprising adjusting said one or more power-related thresholds based on a location of said electronic device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein said one or more power-related thresholds comprise a threshold for controlling Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) based operations in said electronic device, said threshold being compared to received signal strength indication (RSSI) detected by said electronic device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein said one or more power-related thresholds comprise a threshold for controlling link quality, said controlling comprising discarding frames carried via received signals based on comparison of link utilization with said link quality threshold. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, comprising selectively activating or deactivating said adaptive power management. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, comprising applying said adaptive power management in accordance with a particular algorithm selected from a plurality of available algorithms, said plurality of available algorithms comprise standard based algorithms and/or proprietary algorithms. ### Claim 16 A system, comprising: an electronic device operable to adaptively manage its power consumption by adjusting transmit power used during transmission of signals by said electronic device and/or by adjusting reception sensitivity applicable during reception of signals by said electronic device, wherein: said adaptive adjusting is based on received signal strength of a received frame and based on a power at which said received frame was transmitted; and said power at which said received frame was transmitted is embedded in said received frame. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein said power at which said received frame was transmitted is embedded in said received frame as an equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) value. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein said electronic device is operable to adjust said transmit power based on determination of a desired maximum communication range and/or a particular target peer device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein said electronic device is operable to adjust said transmit power based on a difference between said received signal strength of said received frame and said power at which said received frame was transmitted. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein said electronic device is operable to adaptively adjust said reception sensitivity of said electronic device by adaptively adjusting one or more power-related thresholds used during reception of signals by said electronic device.