Power-saving method for wireless sensor network
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Date
2010-01-12
Authors
Young-Sang Kim
Jae-Hoon Kim
Young-Gon Choi
Yong-sung Roh
Ari Arapostathis
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
Abstract
A power-saving method of wireless communication device, which operates a sleep mode for minimizing power consumption except for an active mode for communication, initializes a sleep probability upon the device being turned on, operates the active mode for communication with starting an active mode timer, transits to the sleep mode when there is no packet to transmit or receive before the active mode timer expires; and determines an exit from the sleep mode on the basis of the sleep probability.