Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for exposing (i.e. bridging) data and services offered by low power, low duty cycle transducers (e.g. sensors and actuators) in a standardized format over existing and established home networking technologies. A transducer access point is a functional component that serves as a proxy for health devices and sensors that are off/asleep the majority of the time to conserver power (e.g. battery life). The transducer access point may be implemented as a stand alone device or embedded within a computing device such as a home PC.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for exposing (i.e. bridging) data and services offered by low power, low duty cycle transducers (e.g. sensors and actuators) in a standardized format over existing and established home networking technologies. A transducer access point is a functional component that serves as a proxy for health devices and sensors that are off/asleep the majority of the time to conserver power (e.g. battery life). The transducer access point may be implemented as a stand alone device or embedded within a computing device such as a home PC.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for exposing (i.e. bridging) data and services offered by low power, low duty cycle transducers (e.g. sensors and actuators) in a standardized format over existing and established home networking technologies. A transducer access point is a functional component that serves as a proxy for health devices and sensors that are off/asleep the majority of the time to conserver power (e.g. battery life). The transducer access point may be implemented as a stand alone device or embedded within a computing device such as a home PC.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to attempting to automatically configure an unconfigured device utilizing a previously configured device and, more specifically, to attempting to bootstrap a universal plug-and-play (UPnP) access point utilizing a previously configured access point.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for exposing (i.e. bridging) data and services offered by low power, low duty cycle transducers (e.g. sensors and actuators) in a standardized format over existing and established home networking technologies. A transducer access point is a functional component that serves as a proxy for health devices and sensors that are off/asleep the majority of the time to conserver power (e.g. battery life). The transducer access point may be implemented as a stand alone device or embedded within a computing device such as a home PC.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for exposing (i.e. bridging) data and services offered by low power, low duty cycle transducers (e.g. sensors and actuators) in a standardized format over existing and established home networking technologies. A transducer access point is a functional component that serves as a proxy for health devices and sensors that are off/asleep the majority of the time to conserver power (e.g. battery life). The transducer access point may be implemented as a stand alone device or embedded within a computing device such as a home PC.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for selecting communication channels based on channel load information are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: A processor-based system may receive user inputs to determine how to achieve power conservation needs or preferences of the user. The user may supply inputs in terms of preferences and how power conservation might be achieved. In addition, the user may provide needs or goals for the system in terms of operating life while under battery power. The system may then develop a plan to achieve those needs and preferences and, in some embodiments, may offer that plan up to the user for approval.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver capable of dynamic cluster-based sleep/wake scheduling using hierarchical routing, cluster formation, and sleep-wake synchronization. The hierarchical routing may comprise a sink node capable of sending periodic route updates, which may propagate through a network to regular nodes and the route updates may include metrics allowing the regular nodes to select a “best” path to the sink node. The metrics may include hop count or end-to-end reliability and the regular node may track a next hop which optimizes the metric; and packets originating or forwarded by the regular node to the sink node may be sent to the next hop. Further, the route updates may propagate across a backbone network to cluster heads.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses enable distribution of service management in a distributed network. A leader node discovers networked devices of the distributed network, and services associated with the devices. The services are grouped into one or more groups of distributed services, which can be controlled via single point of control in a virtual device. A virtual device is generated to receive and distribute controls for the groups of services. The virtual device may also provide network management.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver capable of recovering from disjoint clusters in a mesh network by adding an additional Extended Service Set number (ESS Number) information element (IE) in the Beacon and Probe Response frames in at least one access point (AP) in said mesh network and all newly joining APs performing a scan of all channels to detect what channel the extended service set (ESS) is running on its ESS Number and putting this ESS number into their beacons Probe responses.

Abstract: A method of operation in a communications device is disclosed. The method of operation includes obtaining interference information associated with a plurality of channels, including age of the interference information, and selecting one of the plurality of channels, based at least in part on the interference information and their age. Communications devices, subsystems, and systems equipped to operate in the above described manner are also disclosed.

Abstract: An embodiment selects one or more radio frequency parameters that may be optimal for a wireless network of access points and clients. Various methods, systems, and/or computer-readable media may implement operational embodiments.

Abstract: An access point to enhance the representation of the resource constrained devices in a network. The resource constrained devices may be coupled to a short-range network and may wake up from sleep mode only in pre-specified time durations. The access point may create proxy device for each identified resource constrained device. The access point may generate resultant values based on the data values generated by the resource constrained devices and the service values, which comprise additional information such as time-stamp. The access point may provide the resultant values to the devices coupled to the medium and/or high-range network even while the resource constrained devices are in sleep mode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for exposing (i.e. bridging) data and services offered by low power, low duty cycle transducers (e.g. sensors and actuators) in a standardized format over existing and established home networking technologies. A transducer access point is a functional component that serves as a proxy for health devices and sensors that are off/asleep the majority of the time to conserver power (e.g. battery life). The transducer access point may be implemented as a stand alone device or embedded within a computing device such as a home PC.

Abstract: In some embodiments of the invention, an unassociated node in a low-duty-cycle wireless sensor network may determine when the next network operational period begins, so that the node may go into a power-saving sleep mode until the start of that operational period.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses enable distribution of service management in a distributed network. A leader node discovers networked devices of the distributed network, and services associated with the devices. The services are grouped into one or more groups of distributed services, which can be controlled via single point of control in a virtual device. A virtual device is generated to receive and distribute controls for the groups of services. The virtual device may also provide network management.

Abstract: Wireless network communications utilizing routing information. A group of nodes of a wireless network are organized into one or more hierarchical clusters based, at least in part, on routing information corresponding to a path between a selected node and a cluster head node. A sleep state and an awake state are scheduled for each node in the cluster so that each node in the cluster transitions from a sleep state to an awake state at a selected time to receive transmissions from child nodes and to forward data the received data to a parent node and to transition to the sleep state, wherein the nodes of a cluster do not all transition from the sleep state to the awake state at substantially the same time.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed. The method includes initiating a transfer of data from a source computer system to a receiving computer system, rebooting the source computer system, receiving a negative acknowledge (Nack) at the source computer system from the receiving computer system and resuming the transfer of data based upon the Nack information.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for selecting communication channels based on channel load information are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.