US Patent Application 18334944. Wi-Fi Adaptive Beacon Skipping for Battery-Powered Devices simplified abstract
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Wi-Fi Adaptive Beacon Skipping for Battery-Powered Devices
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Inventor(s)
Howard M. Harte of Dublin CA (US)
Haidong Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US)
Feng Wang of Palo Alto CA (US)
Wi-Fi Adaptive Beacon Skipping for Battery-Powered Devices - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18334944 Titled 'Wi-Fi Adaptive Beacon Skipping for Battery-Powered Devices'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a Wi-Fi chip that has a power-saving mode. In this mode, the chip checks for periodic beacons transmitted by a wireless access point at a longer interval than the access point transmits them. When the chip receives a standby message, it enters a standby mode for a specific duration. In this mode, the chip checks for the beacons at a shorter interval than before.
Original Abstract Submitted
A Wi-Fi chip is configured to operate in a power saving Wi-Fi mode in which the Wi-Fi chip repeatedly checks, at a first time interval, periodic DTIM beacons transmitted at a second time interval by a wireless access point of a Wi-Fi network, wherein the first time interval is longer than the second time interval. Upon receiving a standby message, the Wi-Fi chip, during a predefined time duration, operates in a standby mode in which the Wi-Fi chip checks at a third time interval periodic DTIM beacons transmitted by the wireless access point, wherein the third time interval is shorter than the first time interval.
