Power saving for multi-hop communications

摘要

There is provided a system and method for transmitting a data packet from a transmitting device to a destination device using an intermediary device. The transmitting device configured to determine an identity of the destination device, generate an announcement message that includes the identity of the destination device, transmit the announcement message to an intermediary device, receive an acknowledgement message from the intermediary device in response to transmitting the announcement message to the intermediary device, and transmit the data packet to the intermediary device for delivery to the destination device.

主权项

1. An intermediary device comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive a first announcement message from a transmitting device within a beacon interval;transmit a first acknowledgement message to the transmitting device within the beacon interval, in response to receiving the first announcement message;determine an identity of a destination device from the first announcement message within the beacon interval;generate a second announcement message that includes the identity of the destination device within the beacon interval;transmit the second announcement message to the destination device within the beacon interval;receive a second acknowledgement message from the destination device within the beacon interval, in response to transmitting the second announcement message to the destination device;receive a data packet from the transmitting device within the beacon interval after receiving the second acknowledgement; andtransmit the data packet to the destination device within the beacon interval.