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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
Transition Networks, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Jeffrey Doyle Mullin, Elk River, MN (US);
Transition Network, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
Remote devices are classified or identified as devices configured to be powered by power injected onto a transmission medium such as a coaxial cable. From a local position, local classification circuitry applies a first low voltage DC signal to the transmission medium. Energy from the first DC signal is received by remote classification circuitry at the remote position of a remote device, and stored within an energy storage component. Using the stored energy, the remote classification circuitry generates a digital classification signal on the coax cable or transmission medium. Upon receipt of the digital classification signal at the local end, the local classification circuitry responsively applies a second higher voltage DC signal to the transmission medium. The second DC signal is received at the remote end and used in providing power to the remote device.