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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Padmanabhan Ramanujam, Bangalore, IN;
Ahmed Faraz, Saharanpur, IN;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2019.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2013.01);
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.