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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Applicants:
Nathan Stanley Jenne, Lincoln, CA (US);
Andrew T Bare, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shaun Wakumoto, Roseville, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nathan Stanley Jenne, Lincoln, CA (US);
Andrew T Bare, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shaun Wakumoto, Roseville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3278 (2013.01); Y02B 60/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reducing power consumption in a network. A first network device powers down or reduces the port speed of a port if said port is blocked by a loop mitigation protocol.