METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING POWER OF PORTABLE DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of a station or the like operating on a wireless LAN network.

SOLUTION: A method and apparatus for controlling power that transmits and receives data to and from another wireless device, based on a predetermined unit time, includes the steps of: receiving at least one data frame from the other wireless device within the range of a maximum reception mode time; transmitting at least one data to the other wireless device at an adjusted transmission rate according to traffic requirements or status information of a portable wireless device; and switching a current mode of the portable wireless device to a doze mode for a remaining time of the unit time after the receiving step and the transmitting step.

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