Patent ID: 8086886

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a power management module, the power management module configured to transition the apparatus from a normal state to a low power state; a wake module, the wake module including a processor configured to remain active in the low power state; a register of the apparatus to store a group address, wherein the power management module is configured to store the group address in the register as a part of a transition from the normal state to the low power state, and wherein the power management module storing the group address in the register comprises the power management module storing the group address as a replacement for a MAC (Media Access Control) address of the apparatus; and network interface, the network interface to be monitored by the processor in the low power state; wherein the processor is to detect a data packet identifying the group address at the network interface, and wherein the power management module is to transition the apparatus back to the normal state upon detection of the data packet, the power management module being configured to remove the group address from the register of the apparatus as a part of the transition of the apparatus back from the low power state to the normal state.