Patent ID: 9717110
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04H,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method comprising: sending, from a first wireless communications device, a chirp signal to one or more second wireless communications devices in a mesh network during a first wake-up period common to the first wireless communications device and to the one or more second wireless communications devices, the chirp signal indicating a request for a keep alive signal; obtaining, at the first wireless communications device, a relay selection associated with a first relay wireless communications device; receiving, at the first wireless communications device in response to the chirp signal, the keep alive signal from the first relay wireless communications device from among the one or more second wireless communications devices during the first wake-up period; and receiving, at the first wireless communications device, connection setup information from the first relay wireless communications device during the first wake-up period, the connection setup information comprising resource allocation information, wherein the first wireless communications device is asleep at a time that overlaps a sleep time of the one or more second wireless communications devices.