APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ENERGY-AWARE HOME GATEWAY BASED ON NETWORK

摘要

An energy saving home gateway based on a network protocol and a control method thereof are provided to cut off power of a service function and a main processor of the home gateway when a service is not operated, thereby performing an energy saving function. A network interface function unit(600) performs a physical network interface function for an external network and a home network. A network protocol agent function unit(400) processes control traffic in an idle state when a service traffic does not exist. A power supply unit(500) supplies power to the network interface function unit, a memory(100) and the network protocol agent function unit in the idle state.