Thread: Ad-hoc networks and battery life
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fanoush is offline fanoush
2007-12-03 , 11:50
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#3
Originally Posted by nnod View Post
I I realise that using an ad-hoc network might consume more battery power, provided that each node has to send beacons (or the ad-hoc equivalent?).
Search this forum or google for WLAN PSM mode. In ad-hoc mode there is no power saving so the wi-fi chip must be on all the time. In managed mode the chip can sleep most of the time and is waked up by AP only when needed. This is by design.
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