IEEE802.3az,alsoknownasEnergyEfficientEthernet(EEE),isastandarddevelopedbytheIEEEtoreducepowerconsumptioninEthernetnetworks.Itwasratifiedin2010andisdesignedtominimizeenergyusageduringperiodsoflowdataactivitywithoutcompromisingperformance.ThestandardachievesenergysavingsbyintroducingaLowPowerIdle(LPI)mode,wherenetworkinterfacescantemporarilyreducepowerwhenthereislittleornotraffic.Whendatatransmissionresumes,thesystemquicklyreturnstofulloperationalmodewithminimallatency.EEEisparticularlybeneficialinenvironmentswithintermittenttraffic,suchasofficenetworks,datacenters,andhomenetworks,helpingtoloweroverallenergycostswhilemaintainingnetworkefficiency.Itisbackward-compatiblewithexistingEthernetdevices,ensuringsmoothintegrationintocurrentinfrastructure.Byoptimizingpowerusage,IEEE802.3azcontributestogreenernetworkingsolutionsandalignswithglobaleffortstoreduceenergyconsumptionintechnology.
