SCANNING GROUPS OF PROFILES OF WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
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1. A method in a wireless device, the method comprising:
- partitioning two or more profiles of wireless local area networks stored in the wireless device into two or more groups, each of the groups having associated therewith a different number of sleep intervals; and
waiting the number of sleep intervals associated with a particular group between subsequent scans for wireless local area networks matching any profile in the particular group.
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Abstract
Two or more connection profiles stored in a wireless device are partitioned into two or more groups, each group having a different number of sleep intervals associated therewith. The number of sleep intervals associated with a particular group determines a wait between subsequent scans for wireless local area networks matching any profile in that particular group. One or more factors may be taken into consideration when determining how to partition the profiles into groups, including, for example, a connectivity history of the wireless device.
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15 Claims
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1. A method in a wireless device, the method comprising:
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partitioning two or more profiles of wireless local area networks stored in the wireless device into two or more groups, each of the groups having associated therewith a different number of sleep intervals; and waiting the number of sleep intervals associated with a particular group between subsequent scans for wireless local area networks matching any profile in the particular group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method in a wireless device, the method comprising:
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partitioning two or more profiles of wireless local area networks into a first group and a second group; scanning for wireless local area networks matching any profile in the first group once per each sleep interval; and scanning for wireless local area networks matching any profile in the second group once per each second sleep interval.
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8. A wireless device comprising:
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an antenna; a radio coupled to the antenna; a wireless local area network controller coupled to the radio; a processor coupled to the wireless local area network controller; and memory to store two or more profiles of wireless local area networks and to store code which, when executed by the processor, partitions the two or more profiles into two or more groups, each of the groups having associated therewith a different number of sleep intervals, and waits the number of sleep intervals associated with a particular group between subsequent scans for wireless local area networks matching any profile in the particular group. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless device comprising:
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an antenna; a radio coupled to the antenna; a wireless local area network controller coupled to the radio; a processor coupled to the wireless local area network controller; and memory to store two or more profiles of wireless local area networks and to store code which, when executed by the processor, partitions the two or more profiles into a first group and a second group, scans for wireless local area networks matching any profile in the first group once per each sleep interval and scans for wireless local area networks matching any profile in the second group once per each second sleep interval.
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