Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wake-up radio assisted WLAN power saving technologies
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Application No.: US15631351Application Date: 2017-06-23
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Publication No.: US10484941B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Yong Liu , Christiaan A. Hartman , Siegfried Lehmann , Su Khiong Yong , Guoqing Li
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert and Goetzel PC
- Agent Jeffrey C. Hood; Matthew C. Washburn
- Main IPC: H04W52/02
- IPC: H04W52/02 ; G08C17/02 ; H04B7/185 ; H04W68/02 ; H04W84/04 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W48/12 ; H04W84/12 ; H04W88/06 ; H04W88/10 ; H04W4/80

Abstract:
A dual-radio AP including both a high-power (e.g., Wi-Fi) radio and a low-power (e.g., BLE) radio may support an assisted wakeup service for a power-limited dual-radio mobile device (STA). The power-limited STA may register with the AP for the assisted wakeup service, and may then disable its Wi-Fi radio (or otherwise initiate a lower-power mode). The power-limited STA may receive a BLE communication indicating the AP has pending Wi-Fi transmissions or updates applicable to the power-limited STA. In response, the power-limited STA may turn on its Wi-Fi radio and receive the pending transmissions or updates from the AP. If an AP does not include a low-power radio, then a high-power/low-power dual-radio STA that is not power-limited may serve as an assisted wakeup service proxy. The proxy may scan and trace the Wi-Fi beacons from the AP, and generate the BLE communication to the power-limited STA on behalf of the AP.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180027490A1 Wake-Up Radio Assisted WLAN Power Saving Technologies Public/Granted day:2018-01-25
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