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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Praphul Chandra, Germantown, MD (US);
David Lide, Rockville, MD (US);
Manoj Sindhwani, Oak Hill, VA (US);
Inventors:
Praphul Chandra, Germantown, MD (US);
David Lide, Rockville, MD (US);
Manoj Sindhwani, Oak Hill, VA (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An unconnected power save method reduces the battery consumption of a wireless station in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A wireless station enters a sleep mode between scans for a prospective access point. The sleep duration time is determined using the current position of the station relative to the WLAN network topology.