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Power management of a radio data transceiver

  • US 8,351,996 B2
  • Filed: 09/08/2010
  • Issued: 01/08/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile station for use with a wireless access point, the mobile station comprising:

  • a radio frequency (RF) radio;

    an antenna coupled to the RF radio;

    a processor coupled to the RF radio, the processor configured to control a power state of the RF radio based upon (1) a state of a first sleep timer, and (2) a state of a first awake timer, and (3) a state of a second awake timer, and wherein the processor is configured to exit from a sleep state, during which the first sleep timer is counting, in response to the first sleep timer expiring, and wherein the processor is configured to cause the RF radio to listen for a beacon signal at a target beacon transmission time (TBTT) after the sleep timer expires and to return the RF radio to a low power state and to reset the first sleep timer when the beacon signal indicates no data available, and the processor is configured to cause the RF radio to listen for the beacon signal at a TBTT after the sleep timer expires and to cause the mobile station to enter a first awake state and to start the first awake timer when the beacon signal indicates data is available for the state, and wherein the processor is configured to enter a second awake state from the first awake state after data is received at the mobile station from the wireless access point.

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