Apparatus and method for supplying power over an optical link
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1. An apparatus for supplying power over an optical link, the apparatus comprising:
- a hybrid cable including an optical fiber, an outer conductor, and a non-conductive material between the optical fiber and the outer conductor, wherein the optical fiber is configured to transmit an optical signal and the conductor is configured to transmit a power signal;
a first fiber optic link;
a first node;
a first connector coupled by the first fiber optic link to the first node;
a first conductor;
a power source, wherein the first connector is further coupled by the first conductor to the power source;
a second fiber optic link;
a second node;
a second connector coupled by the second fiber optic link to the second node; and
a second conductor, wherein the second connector is coupled by the second conductor to the second node.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, apparatus for supplying power over an optical link is provided. The apparatus includes a hybrid cable including an optical fiber and a conductor, wherein the optical fiber is configured to transmit an optical signal and the conductor is configured to transmit a power signal. In another embodiment, a method for supplying power over an optical link, includes: providing a hybrid cable in a network system, wherein the hybrid cable includes an optical fiber and a conductor; and transmitting an optical signal along the optical fiber, and transmitting a power signal along the conductor.
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1. An apparatus for supplying power over an optical link, the apparatus comprising:
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a hybrid cable including an optical fiber, an outer conductor, and a non-conductive material between the optical fiber and the outer conductor, wherein the optical fiber is configured to transmit an optical signal and the conductor is configured to transmit a power signal; a first fiber optic link; a first node; a first connector coupled by the first fiber optic link to the first node; a first conductor; a power source, wherein the first connector is further coupled by the first conductor to the power source; a second fiber optic link; a second node; a second connector coupled by the second fiber optic link to the second node; and a second conductor, wherein the second connector is coupled by the second conductor to the second node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network system, comprising:
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a hybrid cable including an optical fiber, an outer conductor, and an insulator between the optical fiber and the outer conductor; a first fiber optic link; a first node; a first connector coupled by the first fiber optic link to the first node; a second fiber optic link; a second node; a second connector coupled by the second fiber optic link to the second node; a first conductor; a second conductor, wherein the second connector is coupled by the second conductor to the second node; wherein the first node is configured to transmit an optical signal via the optical fiber to the second node, or alternatively the first node is configured to receive a second optical signal via the optical fiber from the second node; and a power source configured to transmit a power signal via the conductor to the second node, wherein the first connector is further coupled by the first conductor to the power source. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for supplying power over an optical link, the method comprising:
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providing a hybrid cable in a network system, wherein the hybrid cable includes an optical fiber, an outer conductor, and a non-conductive material between the optical fiber and the outer conductor; and transmitting an optical signal along the optical fiber, and transmitting a power signal along the outer conductor, including transmitting the optical signal from a first node via a first fiber optic link to a first connector, transmitting the optical signal from the first connector via the optical fiber to a second connector, transmitting the optical signal from the second connector via a second fiber optic link to a second node, transmitting the power signal from a power source via a first conductor to the first connector, transmitting the power signal from the first connector via the outer conductor to the second connector, and transmitting the power signal from the second connector to the second node. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus for supplying power over an optical link, the apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting an optical signal along an optical fiber, and for transmitting a power signal along an outer conductor, wherein a non-conductive material is between the optical fiber and the outer conductor; a first fiber optic link; a first node; a first connector coupled by the first fiber optic link to the first node; a first conductor; a power source, wherein the first connector is further coupled by the first conductor to the power source; a second fiber optic link; a second node; a second connector coupled by the second fiber optic link to the second node; and a second conductor, wherein the second connector is coupled by the second conductor to the second node. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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