Abstract:
Provided is technology for reducing power consumption of a terminal using hibernation of an access point (AP) managing a network in a wireless local area network (WLAN) environment, and an apparatus for performing hibernation during a rest time during which effective data traffic does not occur in a WLAN system according to an example embodiment, the apparatus may transmit a hibernation message indicating not to respond to a request of terminals during a predetermined period, determine a scheme of performing hibernation and whether to maintain an association between terminals associated before the hibernation is performed, and receive, after the predetermined period of the hibernation, effective data from the terminals.