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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2010
Tomoyuki Iijima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyasu Kimura, Chigasaki, JP;
Takeshi Aimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
ALAXALA Networks Corporation, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A network management/apparatus connected to a plurality of packet relay apparatuses constituting a group through a network includes an energy saving level calculation unit for calculating an energy saving level of each of the packet relay apparatuses on the basis of a CPU usage ratio of the packet relay apparatus managed or a difference between the present energy saving level and the energy saving level of minimum guarantee of the packet relay apparatus, and an energy saving function setting unit for setting an energy saving function of the packet relay apparatuses on the basis of the energy saving level calculated by the energy saving level calculation unit.