Splitting of combined delivery power, data, and cooling in a communications network

• Main Authors: Achkir, D. Brice, Twiss, Robert Gregory, Byers, Charles Calvin, Goergen, Joel Richard
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.11.2021
• Subjects: BLASTING; CALCULATING; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; COLD ROOMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTING; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHERSUBCLASS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; ICE-BOXES; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; REFRIGERATORS; SELECTING; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; WEAPONS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

In one embodiment, a method includes delivering power and data on a cable from a central network device to a splitter device for splitting and transmitting the power and data to a plurality of remote communications devices over a plurality of cables, each of the cables carrying the power and data, receiving at the central network device, monitoring information from the remote communications devices on the cable, processing the monitoring information, and allocating the power and data to each of the remote communications devices based on the monitoring information. The power and data comprises pulsed power and optical data. A system is also disclosed herein.