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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2002
Amjad Soomro, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Kiran Challapali, New City, NY (US);
Javier Del Prado Pavon, Ossining, NY (US);
Saishankar Nandagopalan, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Amjad Soomro, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Kiran Challapali, New City, NY (US);
Javier Del Prado Pavon, Ossining, NY (US);
Saishankar Nandagopalan, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing a Quality of Service (QoS) service schedule and bandwidth allocation message to a wireless station in a wireless network. The apparatus of the invention comprises a hybrid coordinator that is capable of (1) creating a Quality of Service (QoS) service schedule and a bandwidth allocation message for a wireless station and (2) sending the QoS service schedule and the bandwidth allocation message to the wireless station. The wireless station is capable of using the scheduling information to perform power management by entering a power save mode during times when the hybrid coordinator has not scheduled any transmission opportunities.