Patent ID: 7912033

Claim:
A method of scheduling communications activities for an electronic communication device configured to communicate across a communication network, the network temporally organized into communication windows for network activities, a communication window comprising a scheduling window and a plurality of media access slots for data transmission, the method comprising the steps of: a first electronic communication device scheduling a communication activity with second electronic communication device during a scheduling window by reserving a first media access slot; the first electronic communication device entering a power-save mode after the scheduling step; during a scheduled synchronization period prior to the scheduled communication activity, the first electronic communication device transitioning from the power-save mode into an active state, to perform synchronization with the second electronic communication device to synchronize with the network, wherein the scheduled synchronization period comprises a second media access slot reserved to occur prior to the first media access slot; and the first electronic communication device remaining in the active state to conduct the scheduled communication activity.