Abstract:
In a multiple node network, the method includes waking up at least one node from a sleep mode during at least one associated slot of a time-slotted frame, the sleep mode being a low power consumption mode. Also, in at least one node of a multiple node network, the period of time a node sleeps is based on the residual energy of the node, the residual energy of the nodes in the neighborhood, neighborhood node density, and combinations thereof.
Abstract:
A wireless endpoint employs frequency hopping for communicating signals in a wireless communications system. Over a time period T , the wireless endpoint performs pseudo-random selection of a frequency from a hopping set of N frequencies such that over at least a portion of the time period T , the frequency selection is constrained to less than the N frequencies.