Methods for improving wireless performance using auxiliary radios

A first wireless device, comprising:

• one or more memories that store processor-executable code;
• and
• one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to, in association with executing the code, cause the first wireless device to:
• transmit an indication of one or more parameters corresponding to a low capability mode at the first wireless device and a high capability mode at the first wireless device, wherein one or more of the one or more parameters of the first wireless device corresponding to the low capability mode are reduced with respect to one or more second parameters corresponding to the high capability mode, and wherein the one or more parameters indicate a first time delay for the first wireless device to transition from operations in the low capability mode to operations in the high capability mode for a wireless link;
• receive a frame that triggers the transition, at the first wireless device, from the operations in the low capability mode to the operations in the high capability mode;
• and
• receive, after the first time delay, one or more packets in accordance with the one or more parameters.

A first wireless device, comprising:

• one or more memories that store processor-executable code;
• and
• one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to, in association with executing the code, cause the first wireless device to:
• receive an indication of one or more parameters corresponding to a low capability mode at a second wireless device and a high capability mode at the second wireless device, wherein one or more of the one or more parameters corresponding to the low capability mode are reduced with respect to one or more second parameters corresponding to the high capability mode, and wherein the one or more parameters indicate a first time delay for the second wireless device to transition from operations in the low capability mode to operations in the high capability mode for a wireless link;
• transmit a frame that triggers the transition, at the second wireless device, from the operations in the low capability mode to the operations in the high capability mode;
• and
• transmit, after the first time delay, one or more packets in accordance with the one or more parameters.

A method for wireless communications at a first wireless device, comprising:

• transmitting an indication of one or more parameters corresponding to a low capability mode at the first wireless device and a high capability mode at the first wireless device, wherein one or more of the one or more parameters corresponding to the low capability mode are reduced with respect to one or more second parameters corresponding to the high capability mode, and wherein the one or more parameters indicate a first time delay for the first wireless device to transition from operations in the low capability mode to operations in the high capability mode for a wireless link;
• receiving a frame that triggers the transition, at the first wireless device, from the operations in the low capability mode to the operations in the high capability mode;
• and
• receiving, after the first time delay, one or more packets in accordance with the one or more parameters.