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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2015
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Ian Cooper, London, GB;
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Abstract
A the network-side distribution point in a telecommunications network includes an input measurement function which monitors the total power delivered to the power combiner from the various customer premises, and an output measurement function which monitors the total power requirements of the components of the distribution point. The data from these monitoring functions are used by a power extraction control unit to control the combiner/extraction unit to draw power from the forward power feed to makes up any shortfall in the power required to operate the components. This allows each customer premises system to deliver power to the distribution point at a rate determined only by the services it is itself using, and without any need for co-ordination between the distribution point and the customer premises systems.