System and method of determining Power over Ethernet impairment
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1. A method of determining an impairment in a Power over Ethernet application, said method comprising:
- monitoring operation by a tap monitor of an echo canceller associated with a physical device, the echo canceller configured to remove echo energy from a signal;
computing an integral of the echo energy over time;
determining that an unbalanced current condition is causing magnetic saturation when the integral of the echo energy over time is above a threshold; and
triggering an alert responsive to determining that the unbalanced current condition is causing magnetic saturation, the alert including a recommendation to remedy the unbalanced current condition.
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Abstract
A system and method of determining an unbalanced current condition in Power over Ethernet applications are disclosed. In some implementations, a user or network administrator may be notified of potential impairments due to unbalanced current.
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1. A method of determining an impairment in a Power over Ethernet application, said method comprising:
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monitoring operation by a tap monitor of an echo canceller associated with a physical device, the echo canceller configured to remove echo energy from a signal; computing an integral of the echo energy over time; determining that an unbalanced current condition is causing magnetic saturation when the integral of the echo energy over time is above a threshold; and triggering an alert responsive to determining that the unbalanced current condition is causing magnetic saturation, the alert including a recommendation to remedy the unbalanced current condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device for use in a Power over Ethernet application, said device comprising:
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an echo canceller to remove echo energy from a signal received at a receiver; and a tap monitor to monitor operation of said echo canceller and to compute an integral of the echo energy over time, wherein output from said tap monitor is employed to trigger an alert responsive to a determination that the integral of the echo energy over time is above a threshold, the integral of the echo energy over time being above the threshold indicating that an unbalanced current condition is causing magnetic saturation, the alert including a recommendation to remedy the unbalanced current condition. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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