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OwnerRoberto Barbieri CARRERA, Silvio GEHRI +1inventors
InventorsRoberto Barbieri CARRERA, Silvio GEHRI, Thomas RIEDEL
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A first network device is connectable via electrical lines to a power supply and to other subscribers of a network for transmitting audio and/or image information. It has an input terminal connectable to the power supply, an output terminal connectable to a second network device, and signals and operating voltage are transmitted via the terminals using four layers. Equipment processes the signals received via the lines and the operating voltage in the first network device by receiving and/or retrieving or processing information relating to a maximally available PoE supply input on the input and receiving, or retrieving and or processing information relating to a power intake required at least by the second network device received and/or retrieved and/or further processed by the second network device. A tester is connected to the equipment for checking whether the supply input at the input is sufficient for the first and second network devices.
A first network device connectable via electrical lines to a power supply and to other subscribers of a network for transmitting audio or image information, the first network device comprising:
A method for supplying first and second network devices as subscribers of a network with operating voltage in accordance with a power-over-ethernet protocol, the method comprising the steps of:
A network comprising first and second network devices, wherein the first network device is connected to a power supply by a line and data, information, signals and operating voltage are transmitted via the line, using at least the following four layers:
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