Methods and devices for activating and/or deactivating a radio
AssigneeSagemcom Broadband SAS
InventorMassinissa LALAM
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Abstract
A communication device is described comprising at least one first radio configured to be active when the device is in operation; at least one second radio configured to be selectively active or deactivated when the device is in operation; a processor and a memory containing code which when executed by the processor causes the device to: detect the association of a client device with an access point of an active radio from the at least one first radio and at least one second radio; determine whether the client device supports a second deactivated radio from the at least one second radio and if so, activate said second deactivated radio. Additionally, a method associated with the device and a device and a method for deactivating a second radio are described.
Claims16
A communication device comprising
- at least one first radio configured to be active when the device is in operation;
- at least one second radio configured to be selectively active or deactivated when the device is in operation;
- a processor and a memory having code that when executed by the processor causes the device to:
- detect the association of a client device with an access point of an active radio from the at least one first radio and at least one second radio;
- determine whether the client device supports a second deactivated radio from the at least one second radio and if so, activate said deactivated second radio.
A method performed by a communication device comprising
- at least one first radio configured to be active when the device is in operation;
- at least one second radio configured to be selectively active or deactivated when the device is in operation;
- a processor and memory containing code that when executed by the processor causes the communication device to perform the method, the method comprising:
- detecting the association of a client device with an access point hosted by an active radio from the at least one first radio and at least one second radio;
- determine whether the client device supports a second deactivated radio from the at least one second radio and if so, activate said deactivated second radio.
A communication device comprising
- at least one first radio configured to be active when the device is in operation;
- at least one second radio configured to be selectively active or deactivated when the device is in operation;
- a processor and a memory having code that when executed by the processor causes the device to:
- in response to a disassociation event of a client device associated with an access point of an active radio from the at least one first radio and at least one second radio, determine whether a second active radio is supported by at least one other client device associated with an access point of one of the active radios from the at least one first radio and at least one second radio, and
- if not, deactivate said active second radio.
A method implemented by a communication device comprising
- at least one first radio configured to be active when the device is in operation;
- at least one second radio configured to be selectively active or deactivated when the device is in operation;
- a processor and memory containing code that when executed by the processor causes the communication device to perform the method, the method comprising:
- in response to a disassociation event of a client device associated with an access point hosted by an active radio from the at least one first radio and at least one second radio, determining whether a second active radio is supported by at least one other client device associated with an access point of one of the active radios from the at least one first radio and at least one second radio, and
- if not, deactivating said second active radio.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.