METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY UTILIZING A PEER NETWORK TO EXTEND BATTERY LIFE

摘要

A system (100) and method (300) for utilizing peer networks to extend a battery life of a mobile device in a wide area network (WAN) using a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is provided. The method can include monitoring (302) a power-level of the mobile device, determining (304) if the power-level is below a pre-determined threshold, identifying (306) peers to serve as transmit proxies in view of the power-level, and switching from a high-power transceiver (206) to a low-power transceiver (208) to reduce power consumption. The mobile device can communicate with the peers using a low-power transceiver in the WLAN to transmit communication data within the WAN.