US 11,671,916 B2
Transitioning wireless nodes between reduced power stanby states and higher power detection states based on a triggering event
Khaled Mouffok, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Assigned to Schlumberder Technoloav Corporstion, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/37,008.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104130 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); E21B 47/14 (2006.01); E21B 47/13 (2012.01)
CPC H04W 52/0232 (2013.01) [E21B 47/13 (2020.05); E21B 47/14 (2013.01); H04W 52/0212 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method for managing energy efficiency in a network of wireless communication nodes interconnected by a wireless communications medium, comprising:
deploying a plurality of wireless communication nodes interconnected in a communication network by a wireless communication medium, each of the wireless communication nodes operable in at least an active mode for sending and receiving messages on the wireless communication medium and in a reduced power mode, each of the wireless communication nodes including a wireless power source;
transitioning operation of at least one of the wireless communication nodes into the reduced power mode, wherein operation of the wireless communication node in the reduced power mode cycles between a first time period and a second time period, wherein energy consumed from the wireless power source is less during the first time period than in the second time period, and wherein the wireless communication node is operable to detect a triggering event during the second time period but not the first time period, wherein the triggering event is overuse of at least one of the wireless communication nodes; and
transitioning operation of the wireless communication node out of the reduced power mode in response to detecting the triggering event during the second time period, wherein the triggering event is one of a message embedded in a message frame sized in relation to the second time period, a message directed to a selected node, or an event that is not a wakeup message.