Patent ID: 9710590
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: estimating activity distribution within a floorplan, wherein the activity includes the amount of data transfer that results in power consumption; providing a visual representation of the activity distribution on a display of a system that includes a user interface unit; accepting, as input through the user interface unit of a computer device, information descriptive of a location of each of a multiplicity of units; accepting, as input through the user interface unit, information descriptive of an amount of data transfer between each of the multiplicity of units; calculating, for a range of locations, an amount of data transfer as a function of the location of at least one unit of the multiplicity of units resulting in power consumption of the at least one unit of the multiplicity of units to determine high activity regions; and optimizing the floorplan by selecting placement of the multiplicity of units based on the amount of the activity to avoid high activity regions and reduce power consumption and show a visual representation of power distribution in the floorplan.