PROVIDING POWER OVER ETHERNET WITHIN A VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK
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1. Power sourcing equipment within a vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of ports, each coupled to a respective one of a plurality of Ethernet links of a vehicular communication network; and
a power management module for providing a power supply voltage over the plurality of Ethernet links to a plurality of network node modules of the vehicular communication network via the plurality of ports.
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Abstract
A power distribution system within a vehicle operates to provide power over Ethernet to a plurality of network node modules coupled to a vehicular communication network of the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. Power sourcing equipment within a vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of ports, each coupled to a respective one of a plurality of Ethernet links of a vehicular communication network; and a power management module for providing a power supply voltage over the plurality of Ethernet links to a plurality of network node modules of the vehicular communication network via the plurality of ports. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network node module within a vehicle, comprising:
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at least one device; a port coupled to an Ethernet link of a vehicular communication network to receive a power over Ethernet (POE) supply voltage; and a power converter for receiving the POE supply voltage via the port and generating a device supply voltage for the at least one device based on the POE supply voltage. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A power distribution system within a vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of network node modules coupled to a vehicular communication network; and power sourcing equipment coupled to the vehicular communication network for providing power over Ethernet to the plurality of network node modules.
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