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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Frederick Roland Schindler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Frederick Roland Schindler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04Q 2213/1308 (2013.01); H04Q 2213/13389 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, power from multiple inline power sources is collected. Power is supplied to powered network circuits from the collected power and any excess power from the collected power is supplied to downlink inline equipment. A worst-case power source loss scenario is determined based on power source and load information. Removal of an inline power source is detected and load power is reduced when the removed power source reduces the power required to operate the powered network circuits.