RFC 6988 · INFORMATIONAL · 2013

Requirements for Energy Management

Overview

RFC 6988, “Requirements for Energy Management”, is an Informational document published in September 2013 by J. Quittek, M. Chandramouli, R. Winter, T. Dietz, B. Claise. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines requirements for standards specifications for Energy Management. The requirements defined in this document are concerned with monitoring functions as well as control functions. Monitoring functions include identifying energy-managed devices and their components, as well as monitoring their Power States, Power Inlets, Power Outlets, actual power, Power Attributes, received energy, provided energy, and contained batteries. Control functions include such functions as controlling power supply and Power State of energy-managed devices and their components.

This document does not specify the features that must be implemented by compliant implementations but rather lists features that must be supported by standards for Energy Management.

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