Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ethernet power distribution
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Application No.: US15836972Application Date: 2017-12-11
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Publication No.: US10887116B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Padmanabhan Ramanujam , Ahmed Faraz
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Behmke Innovation Group LLC
- Agent James M. Behmke; Jonathon P. Western
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32 ; H04L12/10

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a power sourcing equipment (PSE) includes: processing circuitry, a multiplicity of power over Ethernet (PoE) enabled ports, a PSE module to be executed by the processing circuitry and operative to: receive requests for power from at least two devices via one PoE enabled port from among the multiplicity of PoE enabled ports, allocate power for the at least two devices according to the requests for power, and provide the power to the at least two devices via the one PoE enabled port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190182056A1 ETHERNET POWER DISTRIBUTION Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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