Patent ID: 8036721

Claim:
A portable access point comprising: a wireless local area network (LAN) transceiver configured to selectively communicate with a plurality of wireless client devices; a wireless wide area network (WAN) transceiver configured to (i) wirelessly obtain Internet access via an Internet Service Provider (ISP), (ii) receive and forward packets from at least one of the wireless client devices to the ISP, and (iii) receive and forward packets from the ISP to the one of the wireless client devices; a routing device configured to route packets between the wireless LAN transceiver and the wireless WAN transceiver; and a control module configured to control operation of the wireless LAN transceiver and the wireless WAN transceiver, including activating a sleep mode when data has not been received at the wireless LAN transceiver for a first period of time, wherein a length of the first period of time is based on a state of charge of a power source of the portable access point, and wherein in response to activation of the sleep mode, the wireless LAN transceiver is configured to halt wireless transmissions.