Method and device for supplying power to access device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9413902-B2
Application number	US-201314759429-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2013
Priority date	Jan 7, 2013
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for supplying power to an access device. The method includes: detecting one or more user terminals connected with the access device; and determining one or more user terminals for supplying power to the access device according to a current service state of each of the one or more user terminals connected with the access device. By adopting the technical solution according to the embodiments of the disclosure, the problem in the related art, that as it is impossible to supply power to an access device according to the current service state of each of a plurality of user terminals connected with the access device, the equality of the user terminals in power supply is influenced, is solved, thus guaranteeing the equality of each user terminal connected with the access device in supplying power to the access device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for supplying power to an access device, comprising:
detecting one or more user terminals connected with the access device; and
determining one or more user terminals for supplying power to the access device according to a current service state of each of the one or more user terminals connected with the access device;
wherein determining the one or more user terminals for supplying the power to the access device according to the current service state of each of the one or more user terminals connected with the access device further comprises:
if the one or more terminals connected with the access device are all currently in idle states, using a backup battery to supply power to the access device when the access device is equipped with the backup battery or using all the user terminals connected with the access device to supply power to the access device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the one or more user terminals for supplying the power to the access device according to the current service state of each of the one or more user terminals connected with the access device comprises:
judging whether or not the current service state of each of the one or more user terminals connected with the access device is a non-idle state respectively; and
supplying the power to the access device using one or more user terminals in the non-idle state.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein after determining the one or more user terminals for supplying the power to the access device according to the current service state of each of the one or more user terminals connected with the access device, the method further comprises:
based on that part or all of the one or more user terminals for supplying the power to the access device break down, making part or all of the broken-down user terminals stop supplying power to the access device.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after determining the one or more user terminals for supplying the power to the access device according to the current service state of each of the user terminals connected with the access device, the one or more user terminals for supplying the power to the access device in one of the following ways:
making all user terminals for supplying the power to the access device supply the power to the access device simultaneously;
selecting one user terminal from all the user terminals for supplying the power to the access device to supply the power to the access device according to a preset order;
selecting a plurality of user terminals from all the user terminals for supplying the power to the access device to supply the power to the access device simultaneously.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein when one user terminal is selected from all the user terminals for supplying the power to the access device to supply the power to the access device according to the preset order, determining a duration during which the selected user terminal supplies the power to the access device according to a service type corresponding to a current service state of the selected user terminal.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after determining the one or more user terminals for supplying the power to the access device according to the current service state of each of the user terminals connected with the access device, the method further comprises:
measuring power supply corresponding to each of the one or more user terminals for supplying the power to the access device, and recording or feeding back a measured result.

7. A device for supplying power to an access device, comprising:
a detection component that detect one or more user terminals connected with the access device; and
a determination component that determine one or more user terminals for supplying power to the access device according to a current service state of each of the one or more user terminals connected with the access device;
wherein the determination component comprises:
a second determination element that, if the one or more terminals connected with the access device are all currently in idle states, use a backup battery to supply power to the access device when the access device is equipped with the backup battery or use all the user terminals connected with the access device to supply power to the access device.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the determination component comprises:
a judgment element that judge whether or not the current service state of each of the one or more user terminals connected with the access device is a non-idle state respectively; and
a first determination element that supply the power to the access device using one or more user terminals in the non-idle state.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the device further comprises:
a first execution component that, based on that part or all of the one or more user terminals for supplying the power to the access device break down, make part or all of the broken-down user terminals stop supplying power to the access device.

10. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the device further comprises: a power supply component that supply the power to the access device in one of the following ways:
making all user terminals for supplying the power to the access device supply the power to the access device simultaneously;
selecting one user terminal from all the user terminals for supplying the power the access device to supply the power to the access device according to a preset order;
selecting a plurality of user terminals from all the user terminals for supplying the power to the access device to supply the power to the access device simultaneously.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the power supply component that determine a duration during which the selected user terminal supplies the power to the access device according to a service type corresponding to a current service state of the selected user terminal, when one user terminal is selected from all the user terminals for supplying the power to the access device to supply the power to the access device according to the preset order.

12. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the device further comprises:
a measurement component that measure power supply corresponding to each of the one or more user terminals for supplying the power to the access device; and
a processing component that record or feed back the corresponding power supply to the each of the one or more user terminals.

Assignees

• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Cheng Mingming
• Zhang Weiliang
• Yuan Liquan
• Cheng Qun
• Guo Qiang

Classifications

• H04L12/10

  Current supply arrangements · CPC title

• H04L12/2856 Primary

  Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access (asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W) · CPC title

• H04L12/6418

  Hybrid transport · CPC title

• H04M3/304

  and using xDSL modems (xDSL line qualification H04M3/306) · CPC title

• H04M3/2209

  for lines also used for data transmission · CPC title