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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Dong Chen, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Paul W. Coteus, Yorktown, NY (US);
Noel A. Eisley, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Philip Heidelberger, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Robert M. Senger, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow, Esslingen, DE;
Yutaka Sugawara, Eastchester, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A first method includes determining a total length of pending packets for a network link, determining a currently preferred power mode for the network link based on the total length of pending packets for the network link, and changing a current power mode for the network link to the currently preferred power mode. A corresponding apparatus is also disclosed herein. A second method includes determining a utilization for a network link, determining a currently preferred power mode for the network link based on the utilization for the network link, and changing a current power mode for the network link to the currently preferred power mode. A corresponding apparatus is also disclosed herein.