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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 10, 2006
Bhaskar Srinivasan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abtin Keshavarzian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dhananjay Lal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bhaskar Srinivasan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abtin Keshavarzian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dhananjay Lal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method of reducing an energy consumption of a wireless network, the method including periodically entering a sleep mode by a receiver node, broadcasting a signal simultaneously across a wide band frequency range, upon waking up from the sleep mode, listening by the receiver node to only a first narrow part of the wide band frequency range, the receiver node subsequently either returning to sleep if a signal strength of the broadcasted signal is less than a predefined signal strength threshold, or staying awake for an additional period of time if the signal strength of the broadcasted signal is greater than the predefined signal strength threshold.