Device management
Proposed is a device management apparatus and method for use in a device management network including a remote device management system. The device management apparatus comprises a communication interface (6) adapted to receive device management commands of differing nature from the remote device management system and to transmit a feedback signal to said remote device management system if requested by said device management commands, wherein the differing nature of a device management command comprises a differing level of power required to process the device management command, wherein the differing level of power required to process the device management command further relates to whether or not the device management command requires the communication interface (6) to transmit the feedback signal. The device management apparatus comprises a power supply (7) adapted to supply power to the communication interface (6) of the device management apparatus and further adapted to operate in a plurality of differing predefined operating modes. The device management apparatus further comprises a control unit (8) adapted to control the power supply to operate in one of the plurality of operating modes based on the nature of a received device management command, wherein the control unit (8) is adapted to: set the power supply (7) operating under respective predefined switching frequency or duty cycle in a first power mode or in a second power mode of the plurality of differing predefined operating modes.
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Lin Qi Liwen
Wang Zhang Zhou