Power and data redundancy in a single wiring closet
First Claim
1. A method for providing redundancy from a first network device and a second network device through a Y device having a first, second and third port in a wired data telecommunications network having at least two pairs of twisted pair conductors, the Y device configured so that at least two pairs of twisted-pair conductors are connected at each of its first, second and third ports so that first, second and third connectors correspondingly associated with said first, second and third ports have connection contacts connected so that a first connection contact of each of said first, second and third connectors are all connected together, a second connection contact of each of said first, second and third connectors are all connected together, a third connection contact of each of said first, second and third connectors are all connected together, and a fourth connection contact of each of said first, second and third connectors are all connected together, the method comprising:
- coupling the first network device configured as power sourcing equipment (PSE) to the first port of the Y device;
coupling the second network device configured as PSE to the second port of the Y device;
coupling a third network device configured as a powered device (PD) to the third port of the Y device;
dynamically adjusting a termination impedance associated with at least one of a wired data telecommunications network termination of the first network device and a wired data telecommunications network termination of the second network device; and
in response to dynamically adjusting the termination impedance associated with the at least one of a wired data telecommunications network termination of the first network device and a wired data telecommunications network termination of the second network device, causing an impedance experienced by the third network device across the wired data telecommunications network and into the Y device to be equal to a characteristic impedance value.
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Abstract
Redundancy of data and/or Inline Power in a wired data telecommunications network from a first network device and a second network device configured as power sourcing equipment (PSE) devices and coupled together and to a third network device (such as a PD) via a Y device is provided by providing redundant signaling to/from each of the pair of network devices, and coupling a port of each of the network devices to the Y device and from there to a third port where a third network device such as a PD may be coupled. Because the Y device is essentially passive, communications paths between the PSE devices and the PD are provided for negotiating master/slave status and other status and related information among the respective network devices. Dynamic impedance matching is provided to handle situations where not all devices are plugged in and as a communications technique among the devices.
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1. A method for providing redundancy from a first network device and a second network device through a Y device having a first, second and third port in a wired data telecommunications network having at least two pairs of twisted pair conductors, the Y device configured so that at least two pairs of twisted-pair conductors are connected at each of its first, second and third ports so that first, second and third connectors correspondingly associated with said first, second and third ports have connection contacts connected so that a first connection contact of each of said first, second and third connectors are all connected together, a second connection contact of each of said first, second and third connectors are all connected together, a third connection contact of each of said first, second and third connectors are all connected together, and a fourth connection contact of each of said first, second and third connectors are all connected together, the method comprising:
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coupling the first network device configured as power sourcing equipment (PSE) to the first port of the Y device; coupling the second network device configured as PSE to the second port of the Y device; coupling a third network device configured as a powered device (PD) to the third port of the Y device; dynamically adjusting a termination impedance associated with at least one of a wired data telecommunications network termination of the first network device and a wired data telecommunications network termination of the second network device; and in response to dynamically adjusting the termination impedance associated with the at least one of a wired data telecommunications network termination of the first network device and a wired data telecommunications network termination of the second network device, causing an impedance experienced by the third network device across the wired data telecommunications network and into the Y device to be equal to a characteristic impedance value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. Network equipment for providing redundancy in a wired data telecommunications network, the equipment comprising:
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a first network device configured as PSE; a second network device configured as PSE, the first and the second network device providing redundant signals; a Y device having a first port coupled to the first network device, a second port coupled to the second network device and a third port for coupling to a third network device, the Y device including at least two pairs of twisted pair conductors coupled to each of its three ports; and a dynamic termination impedance circuit associated with at least one of the first network device and the second network device, dynamic adjusting of a termination impedance associated with the dynamic termination impedance circuit of at least one of the first network device and the second network device configured to cause an impedance experienced by the third network device across the wired data telecommunications network and into the Y device to be equal to a characteristic impedance value. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104)
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