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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2018
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Aliasghar Arab, Colonia, NJ (US);

Nanjun Qian, Princeton, NJ (US);

Nitinkumar H. Gupta, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Jeremy Nacer, Denville, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04L 7/0012 (2013.01); H04L 7/0025 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/165 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 52/0209 (2013.01); H04W 52/0212 (2013.01); H04W 52/0219 (2013.01); H04W 52/0222 (2013.01); H04W 52/0274 (2013.01); H04W 56/002 (2013.01); H04W 56/0015 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device, configured as a coordinator for a wireless IoT network, may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to identify Internet of Things (IoT) devices associated with the wireless IoT network; determine a clock error rate for the wireless IoT network; determine a last synchronization time; determine a data time period during which one or more of the IoT devices are expected to send data to the device; and set a wakeup time period for the device based on the determined clock error rate, last synchronization time, and data time period. The processor may be further configured to enter a sleep mode; exit the sleep mode when the wakeup time period begins; and perform a clock synchronization between the device and the plurality of IoT devices during the wakeup time period.


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