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CONSERVING POWER USING CONTENTION-FREE PERIODS THAT LACK NETWORK TRAFFIC

  • US 20110069651A1
  • Filed: 03/16/2010
  • Published: 03/24/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, by an access point (AP), an interval value from a station (STA), wherein the interval value corresponds to a frequency with which the STA listens to said AP;

    commanding, by the AP, said STA to refrain from transmitting data to said AP until a period expires, wherein said commanding comprises the AP setting a duration of said period to correspond to said interval value; and

    transferring, by the AP, data to said STA after said period expires.

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