摘要 |
A method of managing power at an element management system for power sourcing and power sinking network elements of an access network. The method includes identifying a set of primitives for managing power usage at the power sinking network element associated with a provisioned service, provisioning at least one instance of a line power manager for the service with the primitives, provisioning at least one instance of an associated line power controller at each of the power sourcing and sinking network elements, associating at least one conductive medium with the line power controller, at least one conductive medium coupled between the power sourcing and sinking network elements, and passing selected ones of the set of primitives to the power sourcing and sinking network elements for use by at least one line power control function of the power sourcing and sinking network elements. |