Apparatus and method for optimizing power management in an independent basic service set of a wireless local area network

摘要

An apparatus and method are provided by the present invention for power management in an Independent Basic Service Set Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The present invention uses explicit booking by wireless stations and implicit booking by overhearing booking and data frame transmission conversations by the wireless stations to achieve higher throughput thereby optimizing power use in an IBSS WLAN for a given Ad-hoc Traffic Indication Message (ATIM) window size.