EMBEDDING SECONDARY TRANSMISSIONS IN AN EXISTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

摘要

A first device participates in a wireless communications network having a transmission medium designated for exchanging wireless signals in a first format that is associated with the wireless communications network. A portion of the transmission medium is reserved for the transmission of signals in a second format, which may be incompatible with the first format. Accordingly, one or more signals of the second format are transmitted to a remote wireless communications device. These one or more signals of the second format facilitate the remote wireless communications device's participation in the wireless communications network. Accordingly, the remote wireless communications device may be awakened from a sleep state or a hibernation state.