Patent ID: 9118489
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A communication system, comprising: a monitoring unit monitoring a power consumption in a switching unit forwarding a communication message; a power consumption data transmission unit transmitting data indicating the power consumption monitored by the monitoring unit; a control signal receiving unit receiving a control signal; a control unit controlling a data transfer rate on a basis of a content of control included in the control signal received by the control signal receiving unit; a power consumption data receiving unit receiving the data indicating the power consumption and transmitted by the power consumption data transmission unit; a control determination unit determining, on a basis of the data received by the power consumption data receiving unit, a target of control and the content of control regarding power consumption; and a control signal transmission unit transmitting the control signal including the target of control and the content of control determined by the control determination unit.