Negotiation of sleep intervals in a network

• Main Authors: NANDA, SANJIV, DESHPANDE, MANOJ M, MEYLAN, ARNAUD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.08.2011
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Techniques to improve the standby time of a station in a wireless network are described. An access point may advertise or convey a maximum listen interval and/or an association timeout supported by that access point. A station may operate in a power-save mode and may wake up every listen interval to...