Patent ID: 9674858
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04J,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A wireless apparatus comprising: a wireless transceiver, communicatively coupled with a processor within the wireless apparatus, the wireless transceiver configured to transmit and receive communications via a wireless network; the processor configured to receive a first schedule definition and a second schedule definition from a networking device of the wireless network; the processor further configured to determine, from the received first schedule definition and the received second schedule definition, downlink reception times; the processor further configured to start a timer at one of the determined downlink reception times; the processor further configured to determine, during a duration of the timer, whether a downlink transmission including a message is being communicated from the networking device to the wireless apparatus; the processor further configured to discontinue reception at expiration of the timer; the processor further configured, in response to reception of the downlink transmission, to transmit an acknowledgement and to discontinue reception before the timer has expired; and the wireless transceiver further configured to adjust an uplink transmission time for a communication to the networking device based on a determined amount of time drift.