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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Guoqing Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US);
Oren Shani, Saratoga, CA (US);
Xiaowen Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christiaan A. Hartman, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew L. Semersky, San Jose, CA (US);
Josef Peery, Kadima, IL;
Yoel Boger, Shoham, IL;
Tushar R. Shah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rajneesh Kumar, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christian W. Mucke, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An interface circuit in an electronic device (such as an access point) may provide a group wake-up packet to a group of recipient electronic devices in a set of recipient electronic devices. During operation, the interface circuit may select the group in the set of recipient electronic devices, where the group includes at least one of the recipient electronic devices. Then, the interface circuit may provide the group wake-up packet for the recipient electronic devices in the group with information that specifies that a subset of the recipient electronic devices in the group transition from a low-power mode. For example, the information may include a bitmap that specifies the subset and an identifier of the group. Note that the electronic device may dynamically define the group. Alternatively, the recipient electronic devices in the group may be static.