Patent ID: 8542620

Claim:
A method for reducing power consumption in an access point, the method comprising: receiving a message at the access point from a first station, via a wireless communication channel, indicating a first station sleep interval associated with the first station, wherein the first station sleep interval indicates a time interval in which the first station will enter a sleep mode; calculating a first access point quiet information comprising a first access point sleep interval based, at least in part, on the first station sleep interval, wherein the first access point sleep interval indicates a time interval in which the access point will enter a sleep mode; transmitting to the first station, via the wireless communication channel, a beacon indicating the first access point quiet information to prevent the first station from initiating transmissions to the access point during the first access point sleep interval; determining, based on the first access point quiet information, a start of the first access point sleep interval; and initiating the sleep mode in the access point at the start of the first access point sleep interval.