ENABLING LONG-TERM COMMUNICATION IDLENESS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY

摘要

A network adapter comprises a controller to change to a first mode from a second mode based on a number of transmit packets, sizes of received packets, and intervals between arrivals of the received packets. In one embodiment, the network controller further comprises a memory to buffer received packets, where the received packets are buffered for a longer period in the first mode than in the second mode.