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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Yoshimichi Tanizawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Ishihara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kotaro Ise, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Eiji Kamagata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yuichiro Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takaomi Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimichi Tanizawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Ishihara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kotaro Ise, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Eiji Kamagata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yuichiro Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takaomi Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a communication device includes a start-up signal reception unit that receives a start-up signal that a start node transmits for starting up a node to be started; a first interface connected to Ethernet; a second interface connected to Ethernet; a power reception unit that receives PoE power through the first interface; a PoE controller that receives the start-up signal and PoE power and gives a transmission instruction of a start-up power signal which is a PoE power signal having a signal pattern corresponding to the start-up signal; and a power transmission unit that receives the transmission instruction from the PoE controller and transmits the start-up power signal through the second interface.