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Methods and arrangements to decode communications

  • US 9,407,732 B2
  • Filed: 11/26/2012
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to decode communications by a device, the method comprising:

  • receiving at least a portion of a header of a frame;

    examining the at least a portion of the header of the frame without performing a cyclic redundancy check of the frame, wherein examining the at least a portion of the header of the frame without performing a cyclic redundancy check of the frame comprises examining frame type and subtype values to determine if the frame comprises a network allocation vector;

    determining that the at least a portion of header of the frame does not impact operation of the device, based upon the examining; and

    disregarding processing of a remaining portion of the frame and entering a power save mode.

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