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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Endress+hauser Se+co. KG, Maulburg, DE;
Inventors:
Gautham Karnik, Whitestown, IN (US);
Matthew Krygier, Noblesville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG, Maulburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/935 (2013.01); H04L 12/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/42 (2013.01); H04L 41/0677 (2013.01); H04L 49/30 (2013.01); H04L 49/351 (2013.01); H04L 49/405 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a hybrid Power over Ethernet/Device Level Ring network in which power is delivered to connected devices on the same cable in which data are delivered, and the devices are configured to connect to the network in a daisy-chain fashion. The network of the disclosure may be configured to operate as a token ring. According to a further aspect of the present disclosure, a hybrid PoE/DLR network switch and a hybrid PoE/DLR network device for such a PoE/DLR hybrid network are disclosed.