Battery Usage - Motorola VC5090 Product Reference Manual

Battery Usage

Use the
Battery Usage
available: CAM, Fast Power Save, and MAX Power Save. Battery usage cannot be configured in Ad-Hoc profiles.
Figure 4-29 Battery Usage Dialog Box
NOTE Power consumption is also related to the transmit power settings.
Table 4-18 Battery Usage Options
Field
CAM
Fast Power Save
MAX Power Save
dialog box to select power consumption of the wireless LAN. There are three settings
Continuous Aware Mode (CAM) provides the best network performance, but
yields the shortest battery life.
Fast Power Save (the default) performs in the middle of CAM and MAX Power
Save with respect to network performance and battery life.
Max Power Save yields the longest battery life while potentially reducing network
performance. In networks with minimal latency, Max Power Save performs as well
as Fast Power Save, but with increased battery conservation.
Wireless Applications 4 - 21
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