METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SAVING IN BEACON GENERATION OF WIRELESS NETWORKS IN AD HOC MODE

摘要

Methods are disclosed to support power saving states of a beacon station in an ad hoc wireless local area network (WLAN). Some of the methods allow exchanging power management information among stations in the wireless network and to allow beacon station handovers. In some methods, always-on stations are given a higher priority to become a beacon station or a beacon station handover destination. The methods achieve good power saving while minimizing beacon handover frequency.