Patent ID: 7853274
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: creating an association with an access point, the association being specified by an association ID; receiving a communication from the access point advertising stationary paging; sending a paging configuration request that includes a field to indicate the request is sent by a stationary station and that the stationary station may be paged within a coverage area of the access point wherein the access point acts as a paging server; entering an idle state; allowing the association with the access point to expire so that the association ID becomes an expired association ID; and periodically waking to check for a bit corresponding to the expired association ID in a IEEE 802.11 traffic indication map (TIM) for a wake-on event via a paging ID; and if there is a wake-on event for the stationary station: sending a request to exit the idle state; and if the association ID is an expired association ID, sending a reassociation request along with the request to exit the idle state.