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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Michael Peter Montemurro, Toronto, CA;
Claude Jean-Frederic Arzelier, Molieres-sur-Ceze, FR;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a first node to establish a wireless connection with a second node includes determining a reception time period of the second node during which a radio of the second node is turned on to receive signals, and an interval time period between commencement of reception periods of the second node, determining an event, in response to determining the event, transmitting a message to the second node a predetermined number of times, wherein a first time between transmission of the message is substantially equal to the reception time period, and the predetermined number of times that the message is transmitted is a positive integer that is equal to a quotient of the interval time period divided by the first time, rounded up to the next larger positive integer if the quotient includes a remainder.