摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a station, a method performed by a station and a corresponding method performed by an access point (AP) of a network to allow the station to operate a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio in a sleep state until the WLAN radio is ready to receive a beacon from the AP.SOLUTION: Stations 115, 120, and 125 each include a low power (LP) radio configured to receive a wake up signal from an AP 110 of a network to which the stations are connected. Each of the stations further includes a WLAN radio configured to operate in a sleep state until the WLAN radio receives an indication from the LP (low power) radio that the wakeup signal has been received. The WLAN radio is further configured to operate in a fully awake state after receipt of the indication to receive a beacon from the AP indicating a data transmission is pending for the station. |