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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Inventor:
Gai Nachum, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD, Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switch selectively controls the supply of power to the PoE output ports on a user-specific basis, based on a network port authentication protocol. The PoE switch includes an accounting information unit storing power usage information on a per-user basis. The PoE switch uses a protocol such as the 802.1x network port authentication protocol.