CLASSIFICATION MECHANISM FOR SUPPLYING POWER OVER COMMUNICATION LINK

摘要

The invention is related to a system and a respective methodology for providing classification of a load in a power supply system for providing power over a communication link. The power supply system has a classification engine for probing the load to determine a characteristic of the load. The classification engine supplies the load with multiple classification signals to determine multiple response signals presented by the load in response to the respective classification signals.