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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel Richard Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US);
Chad M. Jones, Doylestown, OH (US);
Paolo Sironi, Gallarate, IT;
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2020.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); G01R 31/58 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40045 (2013.01); G01R 31/083 (2013.01); G01R 31/58 (2020.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/40039 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting Power over Ethernet (PoE) in a PoE distribution system at a power greater than 100 watts, the distribution system comprising at least two pairs of wires, monitoring a thermal condition in the distribution system, periodically checking each of the wires for a fault, and checking for an electrical imbalance at the wires. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.