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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Interdigital Ce Patent Holdings, Paris, FR;
Inventor:
Wei Fan, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a method for a wireless device to connect to an access point. The wireless device stores a list of access points that the wireless device previously connected to and an indicator indicating if power save mode is supported or not. The method comprises upon determination that there is at least one access point that supports power save mode in the list of access points, transmitting a message including a SSID to change the at least one access point from power save mode into a normal mode and connecting to an access point in the at least one access point.