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Techniques for communications based power management

  • US 8,479,028 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2008
  • Issued: 07/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a managed power system comprising;

    a communications sub-system;

    and a computing sub-system,the communications sub-system to include a media access controller and a PHY to provide a communications connection, a network state module operative to (a) determine communications power state information based on, at least in part, on at least one of (1) a status of the communications connection, or (2) at least one communication element of the communications sub-system and (b) send a power management message with the communications power state information; and

    a power management module to couple to the managed power system, the power management module to receive the power management message, retrieve the communications power state information from the power management message, and manage power states for the computing sub-system based on the communications power state information.

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