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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2014
Dragan Samardzija, Highlands, NJ (US);
Howard Huang, New York, NY (US);
Vijay Venkateswaran, Dublin, IE;
Chih-kuang Lin, Dublin, IE;
Irwin Kennedy, Londonerry, IE;
Richard Abbot, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Dragan Samardzija, Highlands, NJ (US);
Howard Huang, New York, NY (US);
Vijay Venkateswaran, Dublin, IE;
Chih-Kuang Lin, Dublin, IE;
Irwin Kennedy, Londonerry, IE;
Richard Abbot, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A capability for opportunistic forwarding of information using a wireless terminal is presented. An energy limited node includes a wake-up circuit configured to detect a wake-up signal from a wireless terminal where the wake-up signal includes a modulated waveform signal, and a communication module configured to switch, based on a control signal generated by the wake-up circuit, from a sleep mode in which the communication module is not operable to communicate with the wireless terminal to an active mode in which the communication module is operable to communicate with the wireless terminal. A wireless terminal includes a first wireless communication interface configured for communication with a device using a wireless communication protocol, a second wireless communication interface configured for wireless communication with a wireless access node of a wireless network, and a processor configured to support opportunistic forwarding of information between the device and the wireless access node of the wireless network.