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Power management considerations – Siemens IEEE802.11 User Manual

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Power Management Considerations

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Mobile devices are battery powered.
– Power Management is important for mobility.

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Current LAN protocols assume stations are always
ready to receive.
– Idle receive state dominates LAN adapter power

consumption over time.

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How can we power off during idle periods, yet maintain
an active session?

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802.11 Power Management Protocol:
– allows transceiver to be off as much as possible
– is transparent to existing protocols
– is flexible to support different applications

• possible to trade off throughput for battery life