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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2004
Edgar H. Callaway, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Monique J. Bourgeois, Sunrise, FL (US);
Edgar H. Callaway, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Monique J. Bourgeois, Sunrise, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An 'identical beacons' field () is inserted near the beginning of a transmitted beacon () that contains either an integer equal to the number of consecutive identical beacons sent (i.e., identical to the one presently being transmitted) or a repetition bit indicating whether or not the beacon contains changed information when compared to a prior-sent beacon. After sleeping awhile, a node (-) wakes up, receives a first portion of the beacon containing the identical beacons field, and analyzes the identical beacons field. Based on the analysis, the node makes a decision on whether to remain 'awake' for reception of the remaining beacon or to return to sleep.