Method of managing power consumption of a network interface

摘要

A method of managing power consumption of a network interface is provided. The method is capable of cutting off the power and the clock signal supply to the MAC and the PHY receiving terminals of the network interface when the user disables the wake-up function, and when the user enables the wake-up function, the power and the clock signal are supplied to the receiver of the medium access control unit and the receiver of the physical layer unit.