APPARATUS AND METHOD USING HISTOGRAM-BASED TECHNIQUES FOR AVOIDING OVERPOLLING

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APP PUB NO 20110090063A1
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12908641

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A device including an RF transceiver coupled to receive signals from an antenna; and a micro-controller coupled to the RF transceiver periodically scanning for a wakeup signal and measuring a signal strength is provided. The micro-controller may use the signal strength to update a count value in a bin of a histogram. The micro-controller may also decrement histogram values periodically, and direct the RF transceiver to respond to the wakeup signal if the count value in the histogram is lower than a threshold value. Further according to some embodiments disclosed herein a system for avoiding over polling in wireless communications may include a tag and a reader. The reader may transmit a wakeup signal periodically and the tag may operate as the device disclosed above. Also, a method for using a device and a system as above is provided.

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SAVI TECHNOLOGY INC615 TASMAN DRIVE SUNNYVALE CA 94089

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KOONS, DAVID BRUCE San Jose, US 11 1010
Zmrzli, Miroslav San Francisco, US 5 165

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