Determination of multicast and coding rate
View Patent ↗According to one embodiment of the invention, systems and methods are provided for power management for wireless multicast communication. For example, a method for an access point includes receiving a request message from a wireless device, the request message identifying a multicast group of the access point and a desired power-save characteristic of the wireless device; and transmitting an accept message to the wireless device, the accept message accepting the desired power-save characteristic.
1. An access point comprising:
a hardware processor; and
a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the hardware processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request message from a wireless device, the request message identifying a multicast group of the access point and a desired power-save characteristic of the wireless device, and
transmitting an accept message to the wireless device, the accept message accepting the desired power-save characteristic.
2. The access point of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
communicating with the wireless device in the multicast group.
3. The access point of claim 1 , wherein the desired power-save characteristic comprises a desired delivery interval.
4. The access point of claim 3 , wherein the desired delivery interval is a multiple of a beacon interval of the access point.
5. The access point of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:
communicating with the wireless device only according to the desired delivery interval.
6. The access point of claim 1 , wherein the request message includes a request to join the multicast group.
7. The access point of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device is a member of the multicast group.
8. A wireless device comprising:
a hardware processor; and
a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the hardware processor to perform operations comprising:
transmitting a request message to an access point, the request message identifying a multicast group of the access point and a desired power-save characteristic of the wireless device, and
receiving an accept message from the access point, the accept message accepting the desired power-save characteristic.
9. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
communicating with the access point in the multicast group.
10. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the desired power-save characteristic comprises a desired delivery interval.
11. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the desired delivery interval is a multiple of a beacon interval of the access point.
12. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
communicating with the access point only according to the desired delivery interval.
13. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the request message includes a request to join the multicast group.
14. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless device is a member of the multicast group.
15. A method for an access point, comprising:
receiving a request message from a wireless device, the request message identifying a multicast group of the access point and a desired power-save characteristic of the wireless device; and
transmitting an accept message to the wireless device, the accept message accepting the desired power-save characteristic.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
communicating with the wireless device in the multicast group.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the desired power-save characteristic comprises a desired delivery interval.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the desired delivery interval is a multiple of a beacon interval of the access point.
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
communicating with the wireless device only according to the desired delivery interval.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the request message includes a request to join the multicast group.