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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2023
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Hari Pillai, San Jose, CA (US);
David M. Prives, Milpitas, CA (US);
Phong Ho, Cary, NC (US);
Vignesh Rajendran, Union City, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present technology includes a device that supports a variety of communication interfaces. In such devices, modes can be configured that balance quality of service (QoS) factors with energy consumption factors. For example, it may not be necessary to keep all interfaces fully powered to support a desired QoS. The present technology is further suited to power-limited environments, such as when a device is a power over Ethernet (PoE) device. As will be addressed herein, a PoE device can negotiate an amount of power that power sourcing equipment (PSE) will provide to the device, and in some environments, the amount of supplied power might be less than an amount of power required to fully operate the PoE device. More specifically, the present technology can pertain to a PoE gateway device having 4G and 5G interfaces (FR1 and FR2).