US 12,452,169 B2
Power optimization using dynamic bandwidth management between connected network devices
Sandip Kumar Ghosh, Bangalore (IN); Jonathan C. Barth, Collegeville, PA (US); and Srihari Ramachandra Sangli, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/647,362.
Claims priority of application No. 202341064503 (IN), filed on Sep. 26, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0106146 A1, Mar. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 45/00 (2022.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); H04L 12/12 (2006.01); H04L 41/0604 (2022.01); H04L 41/069 (2022.01); H04L 43/10 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/03 (2022.01); H04L 45/12 (2022.01); H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04L 45/28 (2022.01); H04L 47/10 (2022.01); H04L 47/12 (2022.01); H04L 47/125 (2022.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 45/70 (2013.01) [G06F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); H04L 12/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/0622 (2013.01); H04L 41/0627 (2013.01); H04L 41/069 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/03 (2022.05); H04L 45/126 (2013.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 47/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 47/29 (2013.01); H04W 52/0235 (2013.01); H04W 52/0248 (2013.01); H04W 52/0274 (2013.01); G06Q 30/018 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
creating, by a first network device, a port group for a plurality of links directly connected to a second network device;
selecting, by the first network device, the first network device as a controller network device and the second network device as a worker network device;
ranking, by the first network device, the plurality of links of the port group to generate a list of ranked links;
selecting, by the first network device and from the list of ranked links, a highest ranked link as a control channel; and
powering off, by the first network device, one or more of the plurality of links, except the control channel, based on one of a configuration, a policy, or a traffic prediction.