摘要 |
A power delivery technique which involves connecting power sourcing equipment (PSE) with a powered device (PD) through data communications cabling (e.g., an Ethernet cable). The technique further involves negotiating an acceptable power level for the PD and a data rate for the PD, and enforcing delivery of power to the PD using only wire pairs of the data communications cabling which carry data between the PSE and the PD. As a result, the PSE does not deliver any power to the PD through wire pairs which are not data-active.
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