CDPD Sleep Mode

CDPD sleep is a mode that reduces power consumption by more than 90% and extends battery life. When the AirCard is in sleep mode, incoming traffic waits on the network. The AirCard "wakes-up" at intervals, to check for incoming network traffic. The exact duration of the interval is set by your CDPD carrier, but is usually close to one minute. If there is no incoming traffic, the AirCard resumes sleeping. If there is traffic, the AirCard wakes-up until another period of inactivity elapses. Any user-initiated traffic causes the AirCard to wake-up instantly.

As shipped, the AirCard is set to lapse into sleep mode if there is no activity for 30 seconds. Toolkit allows you to change that timeout period. 


Last update: November 2,2000 - KC
Reviewed: December 1, 2000 - DJW