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Method for operating a mobile terminal as access point and mobile terminal

  • US 9,204,384 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2010
  • Issued: 12/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a mobile terminal as an access point, said access point composing a network together with one or more associated client stations, the method comprising:

  • alternating awake and sleep periods of an operational mode of said access point; and

    broadcasting, from said access point, beacon frames including communication parameters at regular intervals to said one or more associated client stations, the communication parameters including at least one of a contention window, a data rate, or a number of retransmissions,wherein said access point, based on a level of activity in said network, adjusts one or more of said communication parameters in order to slow down or accelerate the access of said associated client stations to said network, andwherein one or more of the communication parameters is adjusted by the access point such that a probability that a retransmission of the associated client stations occurs is increased, when the access point is in the awake state.

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