Wi-Fi Adaptive Beacon Skipping for Battery-Powered Devices: abstract simplified (18334944)

• This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18334944 Titled 'Wi-Fi Adaptive Beacon Skipping for Battery-Powered Devices'

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a Wi-Fi chip that can save power by operating in a power-saving mode. In this mode, the chip checks for periodic DTIM beacons transmitted by a wireless access point at a longer time interval than the interval at which the beacons are transmitted. 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 time 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.