Patent ID: 9730162
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method of wireless communication comprising: powering up a first radio of a wireless station at a predetermined interval based at least in part on and prior to and in time synchronicity with a plurality of target beacon transmission times (TBTTs) of a plurality of wireless local area network (WLAN) beacons; receiving, using the first radio of the wireless station, a plurality of first signals, each of the first signals being received prior to a respective one of the TBTTs and comprising an indication of a traffic indication map (TIM) for a subsequent WLAN beacon of the plurality of WLAN beacons, wherein the first signals are received using a low energy (LE) communication protocol; and selectively powering up a second radio of the wireless station to receive selected WLAN beacons of the plurality of WLAN beacons in response to the indications.