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System and method for adjusting an energy efficient ethernet control policy using measured power savings

  • US 8,347,121 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2009
  • Issued: 01/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An energy efficient Ethernet method, comprising:

  • receiving, from a physical layer device via an electronic communication, information relating to a power saving event in said physical layer device;

    determining an amount of power savings for said power saving event using said received information;

    determining one or more power saving statistics for a measurement interval based on said determined amount of power savings for a plurality of power saving events in said measurement interval; and

    adjusting, based on said determined one or more power saving statistics, a control policy that determines when said physical layer device should enter or exit a power saving state.

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