energy: Update documentation with regards to the OFF state in Wi-Fi PHY state machine

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Sébastien Deronne
2018-06-12 12:40:06 +02:00
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@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ WiFi Radio Energy Model
The WiFi Radio Energy Model is the energy consumption model of a Wifi
net device. It provides a state for each of the available states of
the PHY layer: Idle, CcaBusy, Tx, Rx, ChannelSwitch, Sleep. Each of
the PHY layer: Idle, CcaBusy, Tx, Rx, ChannelSwitch, Sleep, Off. Each of
such states is associated with a value (in Ampere) of the current draw
(see below for the corresponding attribute names). A Wifi Radio Energy
Model PHY Listener is registered to the Wifi PHY in order to be
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ The Wifi Radio Energy Model offers the possibility to specify a
callback that is invoked when the energy source is depleted. If such a
callback is not specified when the Wifi Radio Energy Model Helper is
used to install the model on a device, a callback is implicitly made
so that the Wifi PHY is put in the SLEEP mode (hence no frame is
so that the Wifi PHY is put in the OFF mode (hence no frame is
transmitted nor received afterwards) when the energy source is
depleted. Likewise, it is possible to specify a callback that is
invoked when the energy source is recharged (which might occur in case
an energy harvester is connected to the energy source). If such a
callback is not specified when the Wifi Radio Energy Model Helper is
used to install the model on a device, a callback is implicitly made
so that the Wifi PHY is resumed from the SLEEP mode when the energy
so that the Wifi PHY is resumed from the OFF mode when the energy
source is recharged.
Future Work