DISTRIBUTED LINK-LAYER WAKE-UP AGENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY FUNCTION WITH LOWER POWER PROXY

摘要

Provided are improved systems, methods, and devices for a distributed network architecture for permitting a low power proxy to wake a power saving device from an offline power saving mode using a wake up agent operating a link layer wake up mechanism. The distributed network architecture using wake up agents allows a power saving device to coordinate a relationship with an access point capable of waking the power saving device from an offline mode, allows the power saving device to communicate that relationship to a proxy entity or other control point, and to permit the proxy entity and other control points to use wake up mechanisms to instruct wake-up capable access points to wake a power saving device from an offline mode, such as to wake a UPnPTM device from a deep sleep offline power saving mode.