System and Method for Physical Layer Device Enabled Power Over Ethernet Processing

摘要

A system and method for physical layer device enabled power over Ethernet (PoE) processing. A digital PoE control module is included within a physical layer device and is designed to complement an analog PoE control module within a power sourcing equipment. The inclusion of the digital PoE control within the physical layer device reduces the complexity of the power sourcing equipment without sacrificing PoE control features.