PoE system providing measure of energy consumption
The invention relates to a PoE system, which comprises a powered device ( 2 ) and a power sourcing device ( 1 ). The power sourcing device comprises one or more ports ( 12 ) and the powered device is connectable to a port of the power sourcing device by an electrical conductor ( 13 ) for conveying the sourced power along with data. The powered device comprises an interface for providing a measure of its energy consumption within the PoE system and, if it does not have the ability to measure its energy consumption, is adapted to negotiate with the power sourcing device whether the power sourcing device has the ability to measure the energy consumption of the powered device and to provide the measured energy consumption to the powered device for provision via the interface. This can make the PoE system more flexible and allow for a single “point of contact” for providing energy usage feedback.
1. A Power over Ethernet (“PoE”) system, wherein the PoE system comprises:
a powered device, and
a power sourcing device for providing a power to the powered device, wherein the power sourcing device comprises one or more ports, wherein the powered device is connectable to a port of the power sourcing device by an electrical conductor for conveying the power along with data, wherein the powered device comprises an interface for providing a measure of an energy consumption of the powered device within the PoE system,
wherein the powered device is adapted to query the power sourcing device for the energy consumption of the powered device, wherein the query is based on a communication protocol which provides a standardized mechanism for the powered device to query the power sourcing device using Ethernet frames; and
wherein the power sourcing device is adapted to measure the energy consumption of the powered device and to, when queried by the powered device, provide the measured energy consumption to the powered device for provision via the interface.
2. The PoE system as defined in claim 1 , wherein the power sourcing device is adapted to measure the energy consumption of the powered device based on the port to which the powered device is connected by the electrical conductor.
3. The PoE system as defined in claim 1 , wherein the power sourcing device is adapted to measure a total energy consumption for all ports of the power sourcing device and to determine the measured energy consumption of the powered device based on the measured total energy consumption and a number of the ports to which a powered device is connected.
4. The PoE system as defined in claim 1 , wherein the powered device is further adapted to estimate its energy consumption and to provide the estimated energy consumption via the interface.
5. The PoE system as defined in claim 4 , wherein the powered device is a luminaire and the powered device is adapted to estimate its energy consumption based on a current light output and/or estimated standby losses.
6. The PoE system as defined in claim 1 , wherein the powered device is further adapted to measure its energy consumption and to provide the measured energy consumption via the interface.
7. The PoE system as defined in claim 1 , wherein also the power sourcing device comprises an interface for providing a measure of the energy consumption of the powered device within the PoE system.
8. The PoE system as defined in claim 1 , wherein the powered device is a luminaire.
9. A power sourcing device for being used in a PoE system as defined in claim 1 , wherein the power sourcing device is adapted to provide the measured energy consumption to the powered device for provision within the PoE system via the interface of the powered device.
10. A powered device for being used in a PoE system as defined in claim 1 , wherein the powered device comprises an interface for providing a measure of an energy consumption of the powered device within the PoE system, and wherein the powered device is adapted to query the power sourcing device for the energy consumption of the powered device and to receive the measured energy consumption from the power sourcing device for provision via the interface.
11. A method for providing a measure of an energy consumption of a powered device in a PoE system comprising the powered device and a power sourcing device for sourcing a power to the powered device, wherein the power sourcing device comprises one or more ports and the powered device is connectable to a port of the power sourcing device by an electrical conductor for conveying the power along with data, wherein the method comprises:
the powered device querying the power sourcing device for the energy consumption of the powered device, wherein the query is based on a communication protocol which provides a standardized mechanism for the powered device to query the power sourcing device using Ethernet frames,
the power sourcing device providing the measured energy consumption to the powered device,
the powered device providing a measure of its energy consumption within the PoE system via an interface of the powered device.