System and method for selective timer coalescing

A computer implemented method to coalesce an execution of a plurality of timers, the method comprising:

• detecting an opportunistic execution trigger event of a device;
• and
• in response to the detecting of the opportunistic execution trigger event:
• receiving the plurality of timers, wherein each of the plurality of timers includes an initial execution time, a timer priority, and a latency time and, wherein the latency time for one of the plurality of timers is based on at least the timer priority for that timer and each of the plurality of timers is a time-driven interrupt source to trigger a periodic activity;
• selecting a subset of the plurality of timers to execute based on the initial execution time and the latency time for each of the plurality of timers;
• and
• coalescing the execution of the subset of each of the plurality of timers by scheduling each of the subset of timers to execute based on the opportunistic execution trigger event.

A device to coalesce an execution of a plurality of timers, the device comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor though a bus;
• and
• a process executed from the memory by the processor causes the processor to detect an opportunistic execution trigger event, receive the plurality of timers, wherein each of the plurality of timers includes an initial execution time, a timer priority, and a latency time and, wherein the latency time for one of the plurality of timers is based on at least the timer priority for that timer and each of the plurality of timers is a time-driven interrupt source to trigger a periodic activity, select a subset of the plurality of timers to execute based on the initial execution time and the latency time for each of the plurality of timers, and coalesce the execution of each of the subset of the plurality of timers by scheduling each of the subset of timers to execute based on the opportunistic execution trigger event.