TWI564711B - Network energy saving method - Google Patents

Description

Ways to save network energy

The invention relates to the technical field of networks, and in particular to a method for saving network energy applied to a server.

The Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC) has long attached importance to Taiwan's Internet construction and resource allocation, and regularly implemented and announced the development of Taiwan's Internet-related indicators to provide an objective and concrete representation of Taiwan's Internet development. Live. In order to understand the development of the Internet in Taiwan, analyze the behavior of the Internet, and compare and analyze the results of the general telecom and the Internet survey to understand the wireless network usage behavior of the general public and Internet respondents. .

TWNIC conducted an investigation into the online situation of Taiwanese individuals on weekdays (Monday to Friday). Please refer to Figure 1 for the statistical bar graph of Taiwanese people surfing the Internet on weekdays; and, please also refer to Figure 2 for the statistical bar graph of Taiwanese people's holiday online. As shown in Figure 1, the time spent by the Taiwanese people on the Internet is about 6 pm to 12 pm, and the highest peak time of the Internet is used between 8 and 10 pm. Moreover, as shown in Figure 2, the time spent on the Internet in Taiwan is about 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm, and the highest peak time of the Internet is used from 8:00 to 10:00 pm.

Therefore, we can learn from the statistics in Figure 1 and Figure 2 that the time period of the Internet usage of the Taiwanese people is concentrated, mainly from 6 pm to 12 pm; it is conceivable that if the telecommunications operation Any server, server, or router in the home will start all Wide Area Network (WAN) without any time, which will cause unnecessary energy waste. In view of this, the inventor of the present case tried to research and invent, and finally developed a method for saving network energy applied to the server.

The present invention proposes a method of saving network energy. In order to improve the unnecessary energy waste caused by the current telecommunication operator's server, the company's server, or the router in the home, all of which are activated in a timely manner, the present invention specifically adds a power management unit to the In a network device (such as a server); thus, the power management unit can determine to cut one or more wide area networks by monitoring a single individual load rate of the plurality of wide area networks of the network device. Lulu's power supply to save network energy. At the same time, the power management unit can also determine the total load rate of the plurality of wide area networks, thereby determining the power to enable the wide area network to be enabled, so as to reduce the network load rate of the currently started wide area network. The effect is to prevent the WAN from being damaged by the long-term overload of the network load rate. In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, the inventor of the present invention firstly provides a method for saving network energy, which comprises the following steps: (1) providing a network device, and the network device has at least one central processing unit, N wide area network (WAN) 11 and a power management unit; (2) a plurality of terminal devices connected to a local area network (LAN) established by the network device, and through At least one wide area network is connected to the Internet; (3) determining whether a load rate of any one of the wide area networks is less than a first reference value, and if so, performing step (4); if not, Step (5) is performed; (4) the power management unit cuts off the power of the wide area network, and the step ends; (5) determining whether a total load rate of all the wide area networks that are currently enabled is greater than a second reference. Value, if yes, perform step (6); if not, repeat step (3); (6) the power management unit provides power to any unenabled wide area network, thereby enabling the wide area network, the step ends .

In order to more clearly describe a method for saving network energy proposed by the present invention, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a flow chart showing a method for saving network energy according to the present invention. Also, please refer to FIG. 4, which is a schematic application diagram of a method for saving network energy according to the present invention. As shown, the method for saving network energy of the present invention includes six main steps.

First, the step (S1) provides a network device 1, and the network device 1 has at least one central processing unit 10, N wide area network (WAN) 11 and a power management unit 12. Moreover, in the step (S2), the plurality of terminal devices 2 are connected to a local area network (LAN) 13 established by the network device 1, and connected to the Internet through at least one wide area network 埠11. Internet (Internet) 3. It should be noted that the network device 1 may be a network server, a network router, a network sharer, a network base station, or a network bridge. Moreover, the terminal device 2 may be a notebook computer, a desktop computer, an industrial computer, a workstation, a tablet computer, a smart phone, a smart watch, or a smart home appliance product.

Continuing, in step (S3), the individual load rates of all wide area networks 11 are monitored by the central processing unit 10 or the power management unit 12. Once the monitoring of any of the wide area networks 的11, the load rate is less than a first reference value ( Then, the method of the present invention automatically runs the step (S4) to cut off the power of the wide area network port 11 through the power management unit 12. Conversely, if the determination result of the step (S3) is "NO", it means that the individual load rates of all the wide area networks 11 of the network device 1 are greater than the first reference value; at this time, the method of the present invention is Step (S5) is then run to further determine whether a total load rate of all of the wide area networks 11 that are currently enabled is greater than a second reference value (90%).

In the above, when the judgment result of the step (S5) is "YES", it means that the usage amount of the network frequency of the terminal devices 2 is a threshold value, so that the currently started wide area network 埠11 cannot be loaded; In this case, the method of the present invention then runs the step (S6) to provide power to the unenabled wide area network 透过11 through the power management unit 12, thereby enabling the wide area network 埠11. Conversely, if the result of the determination in the step (S5) is "NO", it means that the usage amount of the network frequency of the terminal devices 2 is still within the load range of the currently activated wide area network ;11; in this case The method of the present invention repeats the operation step (S3) to confirm whether a certain wide area network 需要11 needs to be turned off.

Thus, the above system has completely and clearly explained the method for saving network energy of the present invention. From the above, we can know that the present invention has the following advantages:

(1) In order to improve the unnecessary energy waste caused by the current telecom operator's server, the company's server, or the router in the home, all of which are activated in a timely manner, the present invention specifically relates to a power management. The unit is added to a network device (such as a server); thus, the power management unit can determine to cut off one or more by monitoring a single individual load rate of the plurality of wide area networks of the network device. More than one WAN power supply to save network energy. At the same time, the power management unit can also determine the total load rate of the plurality of wide area networks, thereby determining the power to enable the wide area network to be enabled, so as to reduce the network load rate of the currently started wide area network. The effect is to prevent the WAN from being damaged by the long-term overload of the network load rate.

It is to be understood that the foregoing detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention is not intended to Both should be included in the scope of the patent in this case.

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S1~S6‧‧‧ method steps
1‧‧‧Network device
10‧‧‧Central Processing Unit
11‧‧‧ Wide Area Network埠
12‧‧‧Power Management Unit
13‧‧‧Local Area Network
3‧‧‧Internet
2‧‧‧ Terminal devices

Figure 1 is a statistical bar graph of Taiwanese people surfing the Internet on weekdays; Figure 2 is a statistical bar graph of Taiwanese people's holiday online; Figure 3 is a flow chart showing a method for saving network energy of the present invention; A schematic application diagram of a method of saving network energy.

S1~S6‧‧‧ method steps

Claims (5)

A method for saving network energy includes the following steps: (1) providing a network device, and the network device has at least one central processing unit, N wide area network (WAN) and a power source a management unit; (2) a plurality of terminal devices connected to a local area network (LAN) established by the network device, and connected to the Internet through at least one wide area network; 3) judging whether any one of the WAN's load rate is less than a first reference value, and if so, performing step (4); if not, executing step (5); (4) the power management unit is cut off The power of the WAN is terminated, and the step ends; (5) determining whether a total load rate of all WANs currently enabled is greater than a second reference value, and if yes, performing step (6); if not, repeating Step (3); (6) The power management unit provides power to any WAN that is not enabled, and then enables the wide area network, and the step ends. The method for saving network energy according to claim 1, wherein the first reference value is . The method for saving network energy according to claim 1, wherein the second reference value is 90%. The method for saving network energy according to claim 1, wherein the network device can be any one of the following: a network server, a network router, a network sharer, a network base station, or Network bridge. The method for saving network energy according to claim 1 of the patent scope can be any one of the following: a notebook computer, a desktop computer, an industrial computer, a workstation, a tablet computer, a smart phone, and a smart phone. Watches, or smart home appliances.