Power management of communication devices

A method comprising:

• processing, at a communication device, a packet via a communication media;
• reducing, while the packet is being received, power to at least one component in the communication device, in response to a condition being satisfied, the condition comprising at least one of,
• detection, during processing of the packet at the communication device, of a destination address in the packet being different than an address of the communication device;
• and
• detection, during processing of the packet at the communication device, that the packet includes padded data that is discarded and not processed at the communication device;
• and
• restoring the power to at least one unit prior to receiving an entirety of the packet at the communication device.

An apparatus comprising:

• a network interface having a radio receiver unit, a radio transmitter unit, and a synthesizer, wherein the radio receiver unit is configured to receive a packet via a communication media;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the network interface, the processor configured to execute instructions to cause the processor to:
• process a packet received via communication media;
• reduce, while the packet is being processed, power to at least one of the radio receiver unit, the radio transmitter unit, and the synthesizer, in response to a condition associated with the processing of the packet being satisfied;
• and
• restore power to the at least one of the radio receiver unit, the radio transmitter unit, and the synthesizer prior to receiving an entirety of the packet at the network interface.

A computer program product for power management, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising a computer usable program code configured to:
• process, at a communication device, a packet via a communication media;
• reduce, while the packet is being received, power to at least one component in the communication device, in response to a condition being satisfied, the condition comprising at least one of,
• detection, during processing of the packet at the communication device, of a destination address in the packet being different than an address of the communication device;
• and
• detection, during processing of the packet at the communication device, that the packet includes padded data that is discarded and not processed at the communication device;
• and
• restore power to at least one unit prior to receiving an entirety of the packet at the communication device.