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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sriman Miryala, Hyderabad, IN;

Ashwani Dwivedi, Hyderabad, IN;

Kiran Neelisetty, Hyderabad, IN;

Ganesh Kondabattini, Hyderabad, IN;

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems according to embodiments of the present disclosure provide intelligent transmission of beacons by a SoftAP-enabled user device for minimizing power consumption. In an embodiment, a method comprises transmitting a first beacon from the SoftAP to a station connected to the SoftAP. The method also comprises determining a beacon interval between the first beacon and a second beacon. The method further comprises dynamically changing the beacon interval. And the method also comprises transmitting the second beacon upon the changed beacon interval passing since the transmitting of the first beacon.


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