Device power management in a wireless network
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1. An apparatus, comprisinga first wireless communications device, including a processor and a radio coupled to the processor, for wireless communications in a wireless communications network;
- wherein the first wireless communications device is to negotiate, with a second wireless communications device, a first time period for one of the first and second wireless communications devices to operate in a power save mode.
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Abstract
In various embodiments of the invention, a device in a wireless communications network may negotiate with a network controller to determine when the device may enter a power save mode. The power save mode may include period(s) in which the device is in a low power state in which it cannot transmit or receive, and period(s) in which it is in an operational state in which it can transmit and/or receive.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising
a first wireless communications device, including a processor and a radio coupled to the processor, for wireless communications in a wireless communications network; wherein the first wireless communications device is to negotiate, with a second wireless communications device, a first time period for one of the first and second wireless communications devices to operate in a power save mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising
negotiating, by a first wireless communications device with a second wireless communications device, a first time period for one of the first and second wireless communications devices to operate in a power save mode, wherein the power save mode includes: -
an awake state in which sufficient power is provided to permit transmitting and receiving; and a doze state in which transmitting and receiving is not permitted, and less power is consumed than in the active state. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article comprising a computer-readable storage medium that contains instructions, which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising
negotiating, by a first wireless communications device with a second wireless communications device, a first time period for one of the first and second wireless communications devices to operate in a power save mode, wherein the power save mode includes: -
an awake state in which sufficient power is provided to permit transmitting and receiving; and a doze state in which transmitting and receiving is not permitted, and less power is consumed than in the active state. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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