Enhanced method for controlling network devices in a very low power consumption state

• Main Author: Pohlmann Frank
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.09.2016
• 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

The present invention relates to a method for controlling network devices in a low power consumption state, comprising the steps of: generating a network packet to be transmitted over a network to the network devices, the network packet containing at least a data portion, wherein said data portion comprises a preamble portion, and a sequence of n identical hardware multicast or broadcast address portions. The invention also relates to a method for controlling network devices in a very low power consumption state, comprising the steps of: generating a network packet to be transmitted over a network to the network devices, the network packet containing at least a data portion, wherein said data portion comprises a preamble portion, a sequence of n identical hardware unicast address portions, a password portion and a network and/or device address portion.