POWER SAVE MECHANISM FOR PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

摘要

A group owner of a peer-to-peer communication network is configured to determine whether all client devices associated with the peer-to-peer communication network support direct data communication. The group owner is configured to implement an awake mode for a portion of each beacon interval when all the associated client devices support direct data communication. The group owner is configured to implement a sleep mode for a remaining portion of each beacon interval to save power at the group owner without interrupting communications between the associated client devices.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining, at a network coordinator device of a peer-to-peer communication network, whether all of a subset of client devices associated with the peer-to-peer communication network support direct data communication; and in response to determining that all of the subset of client devices support direct data communication,
initiating an awake mode at the network coordinator device at a start time of a beacon interval associated with the network coordinator device, wherein the network coordinator device is to be awake for a predefined time period of the beacon interval, andin response to detecting that a client request has not been fulfilled during the predefined time period, persisting the network coordinator device as awake past the predefined time period.