Wake-up trigger for implementation of target actions

Abstract

Aspects relate to automatic execution of a target action, which can be energy-intensive tasks, processing compute-intensive tasks, interaction with a node, or combinations thereof. A context aware trigger, power aware trigger, a randomly scheduled wakeup trigger, a deterministically scheduled wakeup trigger, and/or a predictively scheduled wakeup trigger can be utilized to determine the availability of contexts associated with the target action. Based on the availability of a context that should be available, one or more target actions are automatically executed and/or selectively suspended.

1 . A method for automatically triggering execution of a target action, comprising:
 determining a desired context as a function of a target action;   evaluating availability of the desired context; and   executing the target action if the desired context is available.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the desired context comprises an availability of a wireless link. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the desired context comprises a status of a wireless link. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the desired context comprises an availability of a remote server or peer device. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the desired context comprises a processing performance level that includes a processing performance constraint. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the desired context comprises a performance measure on a wireless link. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the performance measure on the wireless link comprises a wireless link delay constraint, a wireless link bandwidth constraint, a wireless link power constraint, a wireless link interference constraint, an average wireless link throughput constraint, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the performance measure on the wireless link is an end-to-end quality of service measure that comprises an end-to-end delay constraint, an end-to-end throughput constraint, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the target action comprises one or more of obtaining global positioning system (GPS) fixes, processing compute-intensive data mining tasks, and interaction with a server for distributed processing. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising retaining data associated with the target action if the context is not available. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 monitoring the availability of the desired context associated with the retained data; and   executing the target action with the retained data when the desired context is available.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 monitoring the availability of the desired context;   suspending execution of the target action if the desired context is no longer available; and   retaining data associated with the suspended target action.   
     
     
         13 . A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:
 a memory that retains instructions related to:   determining a desired context as a function of a target action,   evaluating availability of the desired context, and   executing the target action automatically if the desired context is available; and   a processor, coupled to the memory, configured to execute the instructions retained in the memory.   
     
     
         14 . The wireless communications apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the desired context comprises an availability of a wireless link. 
     
     
         15 . The wireless communications apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the desired context comprises a status of a wireless link. 
     
     
         16 . The wireless communications apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the desired context comprises an availability of a remote server or peer device. 
     
     
         17 . The wireless communications apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the desired context comprises a processing performance level that includes a processing performance constraint. 
     
     
         18 . The wireless communications apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the desired context comprises a performance measure on a wireless link. 
     
     
         19 . A wireless communications apparatus that triggers execution of a target action, comprising:
 means for determining a desired context as a function of a target action;   means for evaluating availability of the desired context; and   means for executing the target action if the desired context is available.   
     
     
         20 . A computer-readable medium comprising codes for causing a computer to:
 determine a desired context as a function of a target action;   evaluate availability of the desired context; and   execute the target action if the desired context is available.