Method and apparatus for economizing power consumption in wireless products

    公开(公告)号:US10231181B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US15376285

    申请日:2016-12-12

    Applicant: NETGEAR, INC.

    Abstract: Various of the disclosed embodiments concern efficiency improvements in wireless products. For example, some embodiments specify profiles for regional and custom-specified operational constraints. The profiles may be retrieved from across a network or stored locally upon the device. The profiles may specify various configuration adjustments that optimize the system's performance. For example, when possible, some embodiments may allow the system to operate at a lower power level and to thereby save energy. Various factors and conditions may be assessed in some embodiments prior to adjusting the existing power configuration.

    Systems and methods for wireless link balancing in wireless networks

    公开(公告)号:US09860855B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-02

    申请号:US15287714

    申请日:2016-10-06

    Applicant: NETGEAR, INC.

    CPC classification number: H04W52/283 H04L43/12 H04W72/0473 H04W84/12

    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling the transmit power and the receive sensitivity of an access point for achieving symmetric link balancing is described. When an access point operates with symmetric link performance, the access point does not inefficiently use available bandwidth for transmitting or re-transmitting to a client station that cannot communicate with the access point. Moreover, the access point does not back off transmissions due to activity of neighboring basic service sets when not needed. The receive sensitivity can be controlled using a hardware attenuator or software commands that adjust a programmable gain in a wireless local area network chipset used by the access point, or it can be controlled using adjustable levels in the software for processing or responding to packets.

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