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Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2008
Applicants:

Jarkko Kneckt, Espoo, FI;

Janne Marin, Espoo, FI;

Mika Kasslin, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Jarkko Kneckt, Espoo, FI;

Janne Marin, Espoo, FI;

Mika Kasslin, Espoo, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); Y02D 70/00 (2018.01); Y02D 70/142 (2018.01); Y02D 70/144 (2018.01); Y02D 70/146 (2018.01); Y02D 70/22 (2018.01);
Abstract

There are a plurality of power saving modes for a device in a wireless network. It is determined that the device is using one of the power saving modes on a peer-specific link, a state is set to indicate that the device is using that specific power saving mode, and a message is transmitted to the peer over the link that includes an indication of the state. There may also be a power management indication that indicates whether a full power state is in use of one of the power saving modes are in use. Exemplary power saving modes are light sleep and deep sleep. A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium are detailed, and exemplary environments may be practices in or by a WLAN mesh point.


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