Patent ID: 9237524
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06F,H02J,H04W,Y02B,Y02D,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one memory; and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured to perform, based on instructions stored in the at least one memory: obtaining sleep information for a first end device connected to a network, wherein: determining a scanning time based on the sleep information; determining whether a response is received from the first end device within the scanning time when the first end device wakes up from the sleep mode; instructing the first end device to initiate sleep mode operation for a time duration; determining a targeted energy usage for the network; and determining the time duration of the sleep mode operation for the first end device based on the targeted energy usage for the network, wherein the time duration is dependent on a device energy usage of all other end devices connected to the network.