Patent ID: 9565632
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: operating a base station at a first operational mode thereby preventing the base station from transmitting one or more beacons; detecting, by the base station, a transmission from a wireless communication device; determining, by the base station and in response to the transmission from the wireless communication device, whether to continue operating in the first operational mode or to enter an emission mode during which the base station is allowed to transmit the one or more beacons; wherein when the wireless communication is expected to send data to the base station, the determining of whether to enter the emission mode is responsive to an expected amount of the data to be received from the wireless communication device; determining to maintain in the first operational mode when the expected amount of data is a single packet; and entering the emission mode, if it is determined to enter the emission mode and transmitting the one or more beacon to the wireless communication device.