Reducing energy consumption of an edge device

摘要

In one example, a resource manager for an edge device is configured to intelligently distribute streams over the RF channel interface of the edge device. As a result of this intelligent stream distribution by the resource manager, the likelihood that the edge device can power down inactive internal components is significant, especially during periods of low activity.

主权项

1. A non-transitory processor readable medium encoded with instructions that, if executed, result in:
generating a table of Radio Frequency (RF) channels extending from an Edge Quadrature Amplitude Modulator (EQAM); identifying in the table at least a first subset of the RF channels in a first hardware domain of the EQAM and a second different subset of the RF channels in a second hardware domain of the EQAM, wherein all the RF channels of the first subset are operationally dependent on the power state of a common hardware component associated with the first hardware domain of the EQAM, and wherein none of the RF channels of the second subset are operationally dependent on the power state of such hardware component of the EQAM; communicating the associations between the RF channels to an Edge Resource Manager (ERM); and placing streams on the first subset of RF channels according to control signaling from the ERM, the control signaling from the ERM causing the EQAM to optimize power savings based on consolidating the streams onto the first subset of RF channels and minimizing use of the second subset of RF channels associated with the second hardware domain, enabling the EQAM to power down the second subset of RF channels to reduce power consumption based on a determined inactivity of the second subset of RF channels.