Power Management

Power Management

µMesh provides runtime power profiles via umesh_set_power_mode(...).

Modes

ACTIVE

• Radio stays fully available
• Lowest latency
• Highest current draw
• Best for coordinators and latency-sensitive routers

LIGHT

• Periodic sleep with short listen windows
• Balanced power vs responsiveness
• Tuned by:
  • light_sleep_interval_ms
  • light_listen_window_ms

DEEP

• Aggressive sleep intervals with periodic wake/send cycles
• Lowest average power
• Highest latency
• Tuned by:
  • deep_sleep_tx_interval_ms

API

• umesh_set_power_mode(UMESH_POWER_ACTIVE | UMESH_POWER_LIGHT | UMESH_POWER_DEEP)
• umesh_get_power_mode()
• umesh_deep_sleep_cycle()
• umesh_estimate_current_ma()
• umesh_get_power_stats()

Practical guidance

• Coordinator: keep ACTIVE.
• Routers: use ACTIVE or carefully tuned LIGHT.
• End nodes: LIGHT or DEEP depending on reporting interval.
• Validate packet delivery and retries after changing power profile.