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This article provides an overview of mechanisms used for power saving
in the upcoming standards for wireless LANs: IEEE 802.11 and ETSI RES
10 HIPERLAN. Power saving on the MAC level is addressed by these stand
ards in a quite different way. We will outline the main features of th
e mechanisms in both standards in terms of power saving. In addition w
e present simulation studies of the power-saving mechanism in ad hoc c
onfigurations of IEEE 802.11 networks, which demonstrate the optimizat
ion potential and some performance trade-offs quantitatively.