METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO COORDINATE COMMUNICATIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method to wake receive circuitry of a station before receipt of the data by the station, the method comprising:
- determining, by a first communications device, to transmit a data packet to the station;
generating, by the first communications device, a wake frame comprising a duration associated with the data packet and a receiver address of the station;
transmitting, by the first communications device, the wake frame.
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Abstract
Logic may comprise hardware and/or code to coordinate communications of wireless communications devices to reduce power consumption by stations. Logic may coordinate communications in an access point. Logic may generate and transmit a wake frame from the access point to the station to wake the receive circuitry of the station. Logic of the station may wake the receive circuitry from an idle mode, which may be a less linear and less sensitive mode, to a receiver (RX) active state, which is a high linear and high sensitivity mode. Once the receiver circuitry enters the RX active state, the station is ready to receive a transmission. Logic may implement the wake frame as a medium access control frame or as a null data packet, physical layer frame.
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30 Claims
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1. A method to wake receive circuitry of a station before receipt of the data by the station, the method comprising:
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determining, by a first communications device, to transmit a data packet to the station; generating, by the first communications device, a wake frame comprising a duration associated with the data packet and a receiver address of the station; transmitting, by the first communications device, the wake frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus to wake receive circuitry of a station before receipt of data by the station, the apparatus comprising:
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logic to determine to transmit a data packet to the station;
to generate a wake frame comprising a duration associated with the data packet and a receiver address of the station to receive the data packet;a physical layer in communication with the logic to transmit the wake frame. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A program product to wake receive circuitry of a station before receipt of the data by the station, the program product comprising:
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a storage medium comprising instructions to be executed by a processor-based device, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor-based device, perform operations, the operations comprising; determining to transmit a data packet to the station; generating a wake frame comprising a duration associated with the data packet and a receiver address of the station; transmitting the wake frame. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method to wake receive circuitry of a station before receipt of the data by the station, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the station, a wake frame indicating a receive address and a duration for a data packet to be transmitted to the receive address; determining, by the station, that the receive address is associated with the station; waking, by the station, receive circuitry of the station from an idle state to a receive active state to receive the data packet in response to the wake frame; and receiving the data frame. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus to wake receive circuitry of a station before receipt of the data by the station, the apparatus comprising:
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logic to receive a wake frame indicating a receive address and a duration for a data packet to be transmitted to the receive address;
to determine that the receive address is associated with the station; and
to wake receive circuitry of the station from an idle state to a receive active state to receive the data packet in response to the wake frame; anda physical layer coupled with the wake logic to receive the wake frame and to receive the data frame. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A program product to wake receive circuitry of a station before receipt of the data by the station, the program product comprising:
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a storage medium comprising instructions to be executed by a processor-based device, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor-based device, perform operations, the operations comprising; receiving, by the station, a wake frame indicating a receive address and a duration for a data packet to be transmitted to the receive address; determining, by the station, that the receive address is associated with the station; waking, by the station, receive circuitry of the station from an idle state to a receive active state to receive the data packet in response to the wake frame; and receiving the data frame. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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