Techniques for device and piconet controller availability notification in wireless personal area and wireless local area networks
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1. A method, comprising:
- notifying of device and piconet controller (PNC) availability in wireless personal area network (WPN) and/or wireless local area networks (WLAN) at the start of a superframe;
wherein whether said PNC will stay awake or go to sleep during a part of said superframe depends on whether or not there are any services to provide in said WPAN and/or WLAN during a given period of time; and
wherein said PNC shall stay awake if there are services to provide in said WPAN and/or WLAN to maintain network performance, otherwise said PNC will go to sleep to minimize its energy consumption.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising notifying of device and piconet controller (PNC) availability in wireless personal area network (WPAN) and/or wireless local area networks (WLAN) at the start of a superframe, wherein whether the PNC will stay awake or go to sleep during a part of the superframe depends on whether or not there are any services to provide in the WPAN and/or WLAN during a given period of time, and wherein the PNC shall stay awake if there are services to provide in the WPAN and/or WLAN to maintain network performance, otherwise the PNC will go to sleep to minimize its energy consumption.
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27 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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notifying of device and piconet controller (PNC) availability in wireless personal area network (WPN) and/or wireless local area networks (WLAN) at the start of a superframe; wherein whether said PNC will stay awake or go to sleep during a part of said superframe depends on whether or not there are any services to provide in said WPAN and/or WLAN during a given period of time; and wherein said PNC shall stay awake if there are services to provide in said WPAN and/or WLAN to maintain network performance, otherwise said PNC will go to sleep to minimize its energy consumption. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one mobile device operable to communicate with a piconet controller (PNC) in a wireless personal area network (WPAN) and/or wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein said at least one mobile device and said PNC are adapted to notify of device and piconet controller (PNC) availability in said WPAN and/or said WLAN at the start of a superframe; wherein whether said PNC will stay awake or go to sleep during a part of said superframe depends on whether or not there are any services to provide in said WPAN and/or WLAN during a given period of time; and wherein said PNC shall stay awake if there are services to provide in said WPAN and/or WLAN to maintain network performance, otherwise said PNC will go to sleep to minimize its energy consumption. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A machine-accessible medium that provides instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
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notifying of device and piconet controller (PNC) availability in wireless personal area network (WPAN) and/or wireless local area networks (WLAN) at the start of a superframe; wherein whether said PNC will stay awake or go to sleep during a part of said superframe depends on whether or not there are any services to provide in said WPAN and/or WLAN during a given period of time; and wherein said PNC shall stay awake if there are services to provide in said WPAN and/or WLAN to maintain network performance, otherwise said PNC will go to sleep to minimize its energy consumption. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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