Patent ID: 8295217

Claim:
A method for forming a device power savings class for a device operable in a wireless communications network, the device including one or more of one or more Type 1 connections, one or more Type 2 connections, and one or more Type 3 connections, comprising: defining one or more enhanced power savings classes including one or more of: defining for the device a virtual enhanced Type 1 power savings class from the Type 1 connections, if one or more Type 1 connections are active on the device; defining for the device a virtual enhanced Type 2 power savings class from the Type 2 connections, if one or more Type 2 connections are active on the device; and defining for the device a virtual enhanced Type 3 power savings class from the Type 3 connections, if one or more Type 3 connections are active on the device; and combining the Type 1 connections, if present on the device, the Type 2connections, if present on the device, and the Type 3 connections, if present on the device, into the device power savings class for the device, based on the definitions of the virtual enhanced Type 1 power savings class, Type 2 power savings class, and Type 3 power savings class, if any are present on the device, wherein the Type 1 connections carry the best effort service, the Type 2 connections carry a real-time service, the Type 3 connections carry a multicast or the management service, the virtual enhanced Type 1 power savings class is formed of all the Type 1 connections, the virtual enhanced Type 2 power savings class is formed of all the Type 2 connections, and the virtual enhanced Type 3 power savings class is formed of all the Type 3 connections.