Patent ID: 7792066
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a wireless receiver that receives a beacon frame transmitted from a wireless access point when a main power supply for a system main unit coupled to the wireless receiver is not on; the wireless receiver to set at least one parameter of the wireless receiver in response to receiving the beacon frame from the wireless access point, wherein the setting of the at least one parameter enables reception by the wireless receiver of a predetermined frame from the wireless access point without the wireless receiver transmitting a wireless frame to the wireless access point to handshake with the wireless access point, and wherein the predetermined frame is selected from the group consisting of a broadcast frame and a multicast frame; the wireless receiver enabled by the setting of the at least one parameter to receive the predetermined frame from the wireless access point and to determine whether a magic packet addressed to the wireless receiver exists in the predetermined frame; and the wireless receiver to supply a signal for turning on the main power supply for said system main unit to the system main unit if the magic packet exists in the predetermined frame.