DELEGATING WIFI NETWORK DISCOVERY AND TRAFFIC MONITORING

摘要

A wireless device configured to delegate it communications and traffic monitoring tasks to a paired device when a wireless transceiver of the wireless device is found to be in an idle state is provided. The wireless device includes two wireless transceivers, the first wireless transceiver for communicating with a wireless access point and second low power wireless transceiver for communicating with a paired device. When the wireless device determines that the first wireless transceiver is in an idle state, it can place the first wireless transceiver into a sleep mode and delegate to the paired device via the second wireless transceiver communication and traffic monitoring tasks that would have been performed by the first wireless transceiver if it were not in a sleep mode.

主权项

1. A wireless device, the wireless device comprising:
a first transceiver configured for communicating with a wireless access point; a second transceiver configured for communicating with a second wireless device; and a processor capable of
determining an idle state of the first transceiver;delegating one or more communication tasks to the second wireless device when the first transceiver is determined to be idle, wherein delegating also includes transmitting one or more sets of data to the second wireless device via the second transceiver; andconfiguring the first transceiver to operate in a sleep mode when the first transceiver is determined to be idle.