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System and method for adjusting power used in reception in a wireless packet network

  • US 9,094,916 B1
  • Filed: 04/09/2012
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a receiver node, a chirp packet transmitted by a source node;

    examining, by the receiver node, information included in the chirp packet;

    based on information included in the chirp packet, turning on, by the receiver node, a radio associated with the receiver node at a time indicated by the information included in the chirp packet for transmission of a data packet by the source node;

    monitoring, by the receiver node and using the radio, the channel for reception of other data packets for a time period that is longer than an expected length of time that is indicated by the information included in the chirp packet for transmission of the data packet; and

    receiving, by the receiver node, another data packet that is transmitted by another source node at a time during the time period after expiry of the expected length of time for transmission of the data packet by the source node, the another data packet being transmitted without a chirp packet.

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