METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DELAYING PACKETS DURING A NETWORK-TRIGGERED WAKE OF A COMPUTING DEVICE

• Main Author: BOELTER, JOSHUA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.01.2016
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWNENERGY USE; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PHYSICS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A method, device, and system for delaying delivery of incoming packets during a network-triggered wake of a host computing device includes receiving one or more packets from a remote computing device over a network. The host computing device holds or buffers incoming packets to delay delivery while one or more components transition from a low-power power-managed state to an operational power-managed state. The host computing device may hold and release the packets after passage of a reference time. Additionally, the host computing device may hold and release, buffer and inject, or buffer and replay the packets upon receiving notification that one or more components has transitioned from a low-power state to an operational state. The delayed packets may be acknowledged to the remote computing device to reduce or minimize the overall time needed to establish a connection.