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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Poh Thiam Teoh, Kuala Lumpar, MY;
Su Wei Lim, Klang, MY;
Inventors:
Poh Thiam Teoh, Kuala Lumpar, MY;
Su Wei Lim, Klang, MY;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 12/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/0882 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1235 (2013.01); Y02B 60/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system to improve the power management for an I/O subsystem. In one embodiment of the invention, the power management of an upstream port of the I/O subsystem is improved by increasing the upstream link utilization when the upstream port is an active power state and by increasing or prolonging the power saving period of the upstream port when the upstream port is in a low power state.