US 12,075,352 B2
Power management for signal scanning
Sriram Lakshmanan, Fremont, CA (US); Tushar Ramanlal Shah, Cupertino, CA (US); Udaykumar R. Raval, Cupertino, CA (US); Bernd Willi Adler, San Jose, CA (US); Dongwoon Hahn, San Jose, CA (US); Shehla S. Rana, San Jose, CA (US); Yang Yu, Redwood City, CA (US); Rajneesh Kumar, Los Gatos, CA (US); Veerendra Boodannavar, Cupertino, CA (US); Yann Ly-Gagnon, San Francisco, CA (US); Duy N. Phan, San Jose, CA (US); Karan Sawhney, San Jose, CA (US); Rohit Sharma, San Jose, CA (US); and Sarin S. Mehta, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,488.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,855, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0078704 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/0216 (2013.01) [H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 52/0225 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a receiving core configured to receive a first set of wireless signals via a wireless local area network;
a main core configured to receive a second set of wireless signals and transmit data via the wireless local area network; and
processing circuitry coupled to the receiving core and the main core, the processing circuitry configured to:
activate the receiving core to scan for the first set of wireless signals on the wireless local area network;
activate the main core to receive the second set of wireless signals via the wireless local area network and deactivate the receiving core in response to the receiving core receiving the first set of wireless signals, scanning for a third set of wireless signals on the wireless local area network using the main core during an inactivity period; and
deactivate the main core and reactivate the receiving core in response to the main core not receiving the third set of wireless signals during the inactivity period.