Patent ID: 11889417
Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A wireless extender, comprising:
a memory having an instruction stored thereon; and
a processor, configured to execute the instruction to:
synchronize a schedule from a gateway device connected to the wireless extender to cause a wireless transceiver function of the wireless extender and a radio transceiver function of the gateway device to be based on the schedule, wherein the schedule is used to automatically turn on or turn off the wireless transceiver function of the wireless extender;
automatically turn on or turn off the wireless transceiver function of the wireless extender based on the schedule, wherein automatically turning on or turning off the wireless transceiver function of the wireless extender requires turning on or turning off a circuit, a component, or both that implement the wireless transceiver function of the wireless extender; and
receive a signal used to turn off the radio transceiver function of the wireless extender from the gateway device that is sent when the radio transceiver function of the gateway device is manually turned off.