Multiplex communications – Communication over free space – Repeater
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-14
2008-07-01
Trost, William G. (Department: 2617)
Multiplex communications
Communication over free space
Repeater
C370S350000, C370S329000, C370S348000, C370S318000, C370S311000, C455S502000, C455S507000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07394782
ABSTRACT:
Methods, devices, and systems for wireless communication in which one or more devices are scheduled to awake from a low power sleep state at a scheduled time for data transmission. An illustrative embodiment addresses difficulties that may arise as a result of clock errors that can occur when a device enters a sleep mode for a period of time with a scheduled wake-up time. The device that enters sleep mode may be a remote device in a system including a master device that devises a schedule for the remote device to enter and exit sleep and active communication modes. In one embodiment, the active window for a remote device is extended for a period of time related to the period between a reference time and the remote device transmission time. In another embodiment, a master device is adapted to schedule active time periods for remote devices by including an adjustment for time uncertainty caused by clock errors, the adjustment being related to the period between a reference time and the remote device transmission time. The methods may be adaptive to individual remote devices.
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Afshar Kamran
Honeywell International , Inc.
Trost William G.
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