Patent ID: 7899076
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H04L,H04M,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A network device capable of switching working modes according to traffic transmitted through the network device, the network device comprising: a timing module configured for setting a plurality of continual timing periods, wherein each of the continual timing periods comprises a plurality of timing periods; a traffic analysis module configured for analyzing if the traffic transmitted through the network device in each of the timing periods in a continual timing period is less than a predetermined traffic threshold, and defining a first analysis result every time that the traffic transmitted through the network device in each of the timing periods in the continual timing period is less than the predetermined traffic threshold; a counting module configured for counting an amount of the first analysis results defined by the traffic analysis module, and configured for determining if the counted amount is less than a predetermined threshold; a mode switching module configured for switching the working modes of the network device according to the determination of the counting module; and at least one processor for executing the timing module, the traffic analysis module, the counting module, and the mode switching module.