System and method for autonomic extensions to wake on wireless networks

An information handling system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory accessible by the processors;
• a wireless computer network;
• one or more nonvolatile storage devices accessible by the processors;
• and
• a client request handling tool for handling a client request in the wireless computer network, the client request handling tool comprising software code effective to:
• receive a query from a wireless client from the wireless computer network, wherein the wireless client is adapted to detect, while in sleep mode, a timeslot that corresponds to the wireless client and, in response to detecting the timeslot, send the query to the client request handling tool;
• identify whether a wake on LAN request corresponds to the wireless client in response to receiving the query;
• and
• send the wake on LAN request to the wireless client using the wireless computer network in response to the identification.

A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium, comprising functional descriptive material that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions that include:

• receiving a query from a wireless client, wherein the wireless client is adapted to detect, while in sleep mode, a timeslot that corresponds to the wireless client and, in response to detecting the timeslot, send the query to the information handling system;
• identifying whether a wake on LAN request corresponds to the wireless client in response to receiving the query;
• and
• send the wake on LAN request to the wireless client in response to the identification.