Patent ID: 7203463

Claim:
A method for scheduling data transmission in a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises at least one wireless computing device, the wireless computing device supporting a primary communication channel and a secondary communication channel, the secondary communication channel requiring less power to utilize than the primary communication channel, the method comprising: establishing a connection between a host transceiver operating at a host computer and a low power transceiver operating at the wireless computing device, the connection being established over the secondary channel; receiving a first data packet at the host computer from the low power transceiver over the secondary channel, the first data packet comprising transmission control information related to the primary channel; in response to receipt of the control information, applying a scheduling algorithm at the host computer to determine a channel access schedule for the wireless computing device; and sending the channel access schedule to the low power transceiver over the secondary channel, wherein the channel access schedule notifies the wireless computing device as to when the wireless computing device has access to the primary communication channel in order to transmit data.