Coordinated power control using a power conservation mode
AssigneeARRIS Enterprises LLC
InventorsKrishna Prasad PANJE, Lakshmi ARUNKUMAR
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Abstract
A network controller device initiates coordinated power control for a mesh network and implement a power conservation mode using the coordinated power control. A performance characteristic. such as received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and throughput, associated with a network device in the mesh network is measured. A power output of the network device is lowered until the performance characteristic associated with the network device is at a selected minimum performance threshold.
Claims20
A network controller device, comprising:
- a memory storing computer-readable instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to:
- initiate coordinated power control for a mesh network;
- implement a power conservation mode using the coordinated power control;
- measure a performance characteristic associated with a network device in the mesh network;
- and
- send a first command to the network device to adjust a power output of the network device until the performance characteristic associated with the network device is at a selected minimum performance threshold.
The network controller device of claim, 3 wherein the connection comprises one of Wi-Fi connection or an Ethernet connection.
A method for providing a low power mesh network, comprising:
- initiating coordinated power control for a mesh network;
- implementing a power conservation mode using the coordinated power control;
- measuring a performance characteristic associated with a network device in the mesh network;
- and
- sending a first command to the network device to adjust a power output of the network device until the performance characteristic associated with the network device is at a selected minimum performance threshold.
A non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- initiating coordinated power control for a mesh network;
- implementing a power conservation mode using the coordinated power control;
- measuring a performance characteristic associated with a network device in the mesh network;
- and
- sending a first command to the network device to adjust a power output of the network device until the performance characteristic associated with the network device is at a selected minimum performance threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.