Abstract
Application development and testing can entail the hosting of thousands of mobile devices that are physically closely spaced within a lab, each device connected to a network. Networks can be provisioned over Wi-Fi or USB network adapters. However, Wi-Fi performance degrades as the number of devices sharing spectrum/channels increases. Wi-Fi congestion and interference has to be mitigated with radio frequency (RF) shielding, which is expensive and can be difficult to maintain. USB wired network adapters can be clunky and finicky. This disclosure describes a network switch with USB ports integrated with USB ethernet adapters and USB power delivery. The network switch can be integrated into a custom, rack-mountable tray with a built-in power supply and can host USB-connected devices. The tray includes a network uplink port that connects devices to an upstream switch. The network switch also has a management interface that enables out of band access to control power and network and report the status on each port, etc. over a network-connected management controller.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
NA, "Powered USB Device Tray with Integrated Network Switch and USB Network Adapters", Technical Disclosure Commons, (December 04, 2024)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/7622