Abstract: An apparatus provides power to a device over a network transmission medium. The apparatus includes a controller which determines if the device can accept power over the network transmission medium, and which outputs a signal if the device can accept power over the network transmission medium. A circuit provides power to the device over the network transmission medium in response to the signal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 8, 2003
Publication date:
February 5, 2004
Applicant:
Nortel Networks Corporation, a Canadian corporation
Inventors:
Stephen S. Jackson, Jennifer G. Rasimas
Abstract: A method of processing a frame received at a networked device having a port switch and a general-purpose processor. The method can include receiving frame information at the port switch, determining at least one port for the frame, and directing the received frame information based on the determined port(s).
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 3, 2003
Publication date:
October 23, 2003
Applicant:
Nortel Networks Corporation, a Canadian corporation
Inventors:
John C. Lynch, Marc Saunders, Brian Pick