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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hemal Vinodchandra Shah, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Simon Assouad, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hemal Vinodchandra Shah, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Simon Assouad, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for implementing fairness in the powering of computing devices in a power over Ethernet (PoE) application. Power supplies in a power sourcing equipment are often oversubscribed. This oversubscription can lead to starvation of certain computing devices that have power requests that are not granted relative to competing requests. A fairness consideration can be implemented to ensure that starvation conditions are avoided.