Reverse-powered transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9560218-B2
Application number	US-201414910790-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2014
Priority date	Sep 3, 2013
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

A transmission device includes a first connecting module for connecting a DC/DC power converter to a telephone wire line or to a CPE wire line, and a second connecting module between the telephone and CPE wire lines, a detection module configured to detect a power feeding request signal on the CPE wire line, and a switching module configured to controls the second connecting module in its open state, and send a power ready signal on the CPE wire line, and a not control the second connecting module and not send a signal on the CPE wire line in a standby-by state, so that a total power consumption of the detection and switching modules is lower than a threshold in a stand-by state and higher in the active state, and the detection module is configured to control the switching module in response to a detection of the power feeding request signal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission device, comprising:
a customer premise equipment (CPE) wire line connected to a CPE;
a telephone wire line connected to a plain old telephone service (POTS) telephone exchange through a POTS line, the POTS telephone exchange configured to detect an off-hook state of the transmission device when a current on the POTS line being greater than an off-hook threshold;
a DC/DC power converter;
a first connecting module configured to connect the DC/DC power converter to at least one of the telephone wire line and the CPE wire line;
a second connecting module between the telephone wire line and the CPE wire line, the second connecting module configured to,
block a DC component when the second connecting module is in an open state, and
not block the DC component when the second connecting module being in a closed state;

a detection module configured to,
receive power from the DC/DC power converter, and
detect a power feeding request signal on the CPE wire line; and

a switching module configured to,
receive power from the DC/DC converter,
control the second connecting module in the open state when the switching module is in an active state, and
send a power ready signal on the CPE wire line to the CPE when the switching module is in the active state,
not control the second connecting module in the open state when the switching module is in a stand-by state, and
not send the power ready signal on the CPE wire line to the CPE when the switching module is in the stand-by state,

wherein
the detection module and the switching module in the stand-by state have a first total power consumption, the first total power consumption is lower than a threshold, the first total power consumption corresponds to the current on the POTS line that is lower than the off-hook threshold,
the detection module and the switching module in the active state have a second total power consumption, the second total power consumption is higher than the threshold, the second total power consumption corresponds to the current on the POTS line that is higher than the off-hook threshold, and
the detection module is configured to control the switching module from the stand-by state to the active state based on the detection of the power feeding request signal.

2. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection module is further configured to,
detect a power active signal on the CPE wire line, and
control the first connecting module such that the DC/DC power converter is connected to the CPE wire line based on the detection of the power active signal.

3. The transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a data line connected to a data service provider,
a splitter configured to connect the telephone wire line and the data line to the CPE wire line.

4. The transmission device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a conversion module configured to connect the data line to an optical link.

5. An access network, comprising the transmission device according to claim 1 .

6. The access network according to claim 5 , wherein the CPE includes a power injector, the CPE is configured to turn on the power injector based on the power ready signal received from the transmission device.

Assignees

• Alcatel Lucent

Inventors

• Hillaert Bart

Classifications

• H04M19/08 Primary

  with current supply sources at the substations (generating ringing current H04M19/04) · CPC title

• H04L12/2898

  Subscriber equipments (DSL modems H04M11/062; cable modems H04L12/2801) · CPC title

• H04L12/10

  Current supply arrangements · CPC title

• H04M19/008

  Using DC/DC converters (DC/DC converters per se H02M3/28) · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title