Facilitating power conservation in wireless client terminals

A method operational on a client terminal comprising:

• sending a message to a host terminal requesting it to operate as a proxy for the client terminal;
• powering down a first communication interface;
• listening for paging messages from the host terminal over a second communication interface;
• receiving at least a portion of a paging message from the host terminal, wherein the paging message is transmitted by an access point and received by the host terminal;
• powering up the first communication interface;
• and
• responding to the paging message via the first communication interface directly to the access point that initiated the paging message.

A client terminal comprising:

• means for sending a message to a host terminal requesting that it operate as a proxy for the client terminal;
• means for powering down a first communication interface;
• means for listening for paging messages from the host terminal over a second communication interface;
• means for receiving at least a portion of a paging message from the host terminal, wherein the paging message is transmitted by the access point and received by the host terminal;
• means for powering up the first communication interface;
• and
• means for responding to the paging message via the first communication interface directly to an access point that initiated the paging message.

A non-transitory processor readable medium having one or more instructions operational on a client terminal for conserving power at the client terminal, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

• send a message to a host terminal requesting it to operate as a proxy for the client terminal;
• power down a first communication interface;
• listen for paging messages from the host terminal over a second communication interface;
• receive at least a portion of a paging message from the host terminal, wherein the paging message is transmitted by an access point and received by the host terminal;
• power up the first communication interface;
• and
• respond to the paging message via the first communication interface directly to the access point that initiated the paging message.

A processor comprising:

• a processing circuit configured to:
• send a message to a host terminal requesting that it operate as a proxy for a client terminal;
• power down a first communication interface;
• listen for paging messages from the host terminal over a second communication interface;
• receive at least a portion of a paging message from the host terminal, wherein the paging message is transmitted by an access point and received by the host terminal;
• power up the first communication interface;
• and
• respond to the paging message via the first communication interface directly to the access point that initiated the paging message.

A method operational on a client terminal, comprising:

• establishing a link with an access point utilizing a first communication interface;
• sending a message over a second communication interface to a host terminal requesting the host terminal to operate as a proxy for the client terminal, wherein the message comprises clock information for enabling the host terminal to synchronize its clock to the access point;
• powering down the first communication interface;
• listening for paging messages from the host terminal over the second communication interface;
• receiving at least a portion of a paging message from the host terminal;
• powering up the first communication interface;
• and
• responding to the paging message via the first communication interface directly to the access point that initiated the paging message.

A method operational on a client terminal comprising:

• sending a message to a host terminal requesting it to operate as a proxy for the client terminal;
• powering down a first communication interface;
• listening for paging messages from the host terminal over a second communication interface;
• transmitting a ping message over the second communication interface to determine whether the host terminal is within range to operate as the proxy;
• receiving a response to the ping message over the second communication interface indicating that the host terminal is within range to operate as the proxy;
• receiving at least a portion of a paging message from the host terminal;
• powering up the first communication interface;
• and
• responding to the paging message via the first communication interface directly to an access point that initiated the paging message.

A method operational on a client terminal comprising:

• sending a message to a host terminal requesting it to operate as a proxy for the client terminal;
• powering down a first communication interface;
• listening for paging messages from the host terminal over a second communication interface;
• transmitting a ping message over the second communication interface to determine whether the host terminal is within range to operate as the proxy;
• determining, in accordance with the ping message, that the host terminal is not within range to operate as the proxy;
• sending a second message to a second host terminal requesting it to operate as a proxy for the client terminal;
• and
• listening for paging messages from the second host terminal over the second communication interface.

A method operational on a client terminal comprising:

• sending a message to a host terminal requesting it to operate as a proxy for the client terminal;
• powering down a first communication interface;
• listening for paging messages from the host terminal over a second communication interface;
• transmitting a ping message over the second communication interface to determine whether the host terminal is within range to operate as the proxy;
• determining, in accordance with the ping message, that the host terminal is not within range to operate as the proxy;
• associating with the access point utilizing the first communication interface;
• and
• listening for paging message from the access point over the first communication interface.