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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Charles Calvin Byers, Wheaton, IL (US);
Joel Richard Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US);
D. Brice Achkir, Livermore, CA (US);
Robert Gregory Twiss, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes delivering power and data on a cable from a central network device to a splitter device for splitting and transmitting the power and data to a plurality of remote communications devices over a plurality of cables, each of the cables carrying the power and data, receiving at the central network device, monitoring information from the remote communications devices on the cable, processing the monitoring information, and allocating the power and data to each of the remote communications devices based on the monitoring information. The power and data comprises pulsed power and optical data. A system is also disclosed herein.