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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2007
System and method for controlling power delivered to a powered device based on cable characteristics
Applicants:
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Minshine Shih, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Minshine Shih, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for discovering a cable type and resistance for Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications. Cabling power loss in PoE applications is related to the resistance of the cable itself. A PHY can be designed to measure electrical characteristics (e.g., insertion loss, cross talk, length, etc.) of the Ethernet cable to enable determination of the cable resistance. The determined resistance can be used in powering decisions and in adjusting power budgets allocated to power source equipment ports.