Power savings through cooperative operation of multiradio devices

A multiradio proxy device comprising:

• a processor;
• at least one short range interface coupled to said processor;
• at least one long range interface coupled to said processor;
• an antenna array coupled to said at least one short range interface and said at least one long range interface;
• a power source coupled to said processor;
• a storage device coupled to said processor;
• a client list stored on said storage device;
• and
• page monitoring settings stored on said storage device, wherein, when executed by said processor, said page monitoring settings configure said multiradio proxy device to:
• receive client identifiers (IDs), page schedules, and value tags of master and system information blocks (MIB/SIBs) regarding each of at least one client device having a proxy relationship with said proxy device;
• receive at said proxy device page scheduling information from a network server;
• transmit a deep sleep command to said at least one client device using a short range communication protocol;
• monitor said page scheduling information for each of said at least one client device using a long range communication protocol;
• transmit tracking area (TA)/location area (LA) and registration updates to a network server on behalf of said at least one client device, wherein said transmitting is over said long range communication protocol and is performed when current TA/LA and registration data update is necessary;
• and
• transmit a wake up signal to said at least one client device using said short range communication protocol, responsive to detecting a page message for one of said at least one client device over said long range communication protocol.

A computer readable medium including program code tangibly stored thereon, comprising:

• program code to receive client identifiers (IDs), page schedules, and value tags of master and system information blocks (MIB/SIBs) regarding each of at least one client device having a proxy relationship with said proxy device;
• program code to receive at said proxy device page scheduling information from a network server;
• program code to transmit a deep sleep command to said at least one client device using a short range communication protocol;
• program code to monitor said page scheduling information for each of said at least one client device using a long range communication protocol;
• program code to transmit tracking area (TA)/location area (LA) and registration updates to a network server on behalf of said at least one client device, wherein said transmitting is over said long range communication protocol and is performed when current TA/LA and registration data update is necessary;
• and
• program code, executable responsive to detecting a page message for one of said at least one client device over said long range communication protocol, to transmit a wake up signal to said one of said at least one client device using said short range communication protocol.

A multiradio proxy device comprising:

• means for receiving client identifiers (IDs), page schedules, and value tags of master and system information blocks (MIB/SIBs) regarding each of at least one client device having a proxy relationship with said proxy device;
• means for receiving at said proxy device page scheduling information from a network server;
• means for transmitting a deep sleep command to said at least one client device using a short range communication protocol;
• means for monitoring said page scheduling information for each of said at least one client device using a long range communication protocol;
• means for transmitting tracking area (TA)/location area (LA) and registration updates to a network server on behalf of said at least one client device, wherein said transmitting is over said long range communication protocol and is performed when current TA/LA and registration data update is necessary;
• and
• means, responsive to detecting a page message for one of said at least one client device over said long range communication protocol, for transmitting a wake up signal to said one of said at least one client device using said short range communication protocol.