Systems and methods for low power medium access

摘要

One aspect of the disclosure provides a method for wireless communication by a station or wireless device. The method includes waking from a sleep state. Further, the method includes determining an availability of a transmission medium. In addition, in response to determining that the transmission medium is not available, the method can include determining a sleep time period, entering a second sleep state based on the sleep time period, and freezing a backoff counter for the duration of the second sleep state.

主权项

1. A method for accessing a shared medium in wireless communication by a station, comprising:
waking from a sleep state; selecting a backoff counter value; determining an availability of a transmission medium comprising determining whether the transmission medium is available for a minimum period of time; in response to determining that the transmission medium is not available for the minimum period of time, determining a sleep time period based at least in part on the availability of the transmission medium, and entering a second sleep state based at least in part on the sleep time period and the backoff counter value; and freezing the backoff counter value for the duration of the second sleep state.