Why does my Apple TV 2 status light periodically come on when it's supposed to be asleep?

Hi Community.
Apple TV 2 asleep. TV off. No remotes bring pressed, no 'activity' I can see but perodically my Apple TV status light will come on for a minute then go off.
I can't say exactly how much it happens but I notice it several times a day. If I switch on the TV the Apple TV is not 'on' even though the light is on. If I press the remote and wake it, it wakes and works as normal.
What's going on? Surely if the Apple TV is registering network activity or something like that, there's no need for a status light? Doesn't seem like a very Apple behaviour.
Thoughts?
Thanks, Rodí

not sure about atv2 but I have an atv1, and since these devices are never truely off,
when you see them as off it's just the video output which is disabled.
they are present on wifi all the time also when you see it as asleep
when a computer is on for enough time it will crash sooner or later
even googles servers require a reboot once in awhile
so my logic is that when my atv1 light up where it was asleep before
it's because it crashed because if I pull the plug and put it back in thats
what happens too

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