Patent ID: 8516085

Claim:
A method, comprising: setting a new network traffic service rate to be provided for traffic passing into and out of one or more queues of a router and a new power consumption level for the router, said one or more queues being configured to store data packets awaiting transmission from the router, the step of setting being based on a service rate of the one or more queues and a power consumption level of the router; and resetting a new network traffic service rate for traffic passing into and out of the one or more queues of the router and a new power consumption level of the router, the step of resetting being based on a service rate of the one or more queues and a power consumption level of the router; and wherein the step of setting and the step of resetting are based differently on the power consumption level of the router; and wherein the step of setting and the step of resetting are based on an instantaneous power usage rate in said router; and wherein the step of setting includes selecting a vector from a set, the vector defining a service rate for the one or more queues of the router and a power consumption level of the router.