Localized intelligent edge for fiber distribution solutions
AssigneeAFL Telecommunications LLC
InventorSean Patrick Adam
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Abstract
An optical fiber node including: a housing; a module including a plurality of connection ports configured to be coupled with optical fibers, the module being disposed in the housing and having indicators associated with at least some of the plurality of connection ports; and a controller disposed in the housing, wherein the controller manages a database associated with the plurality of connection ports and adjusts the indicators during a wiring operation of the optical fiber node.
Claims20
A method of wiring an optical fiber node, the method comprising:
- inputting a wiring schematic into a controller;
- wherein in response to the input wiring schematic, the controller causing a visual indicator on a module disposed in a housing of the optical fiber node to illuminate, the indicator being associated with a connection port of the module;
- and
- in response to the illuminated indicator, connecting an optical fiber to the connection port associated with the indicator.
A method of wiring an optical fiber node, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a controller, an input associated with a wiring schematic;
- in response to receiving the wiring schematic, adjusting, by the controller, an indicator on a module disposed in a housing of the optical fiber node, the indicator being associated with a connection port of the module;
- and
- in response to the adjusted indicator, connecting an optical fiber to the connection port associated with the indicator by selecting a free end of an unused optical fiber stored in a parking lot and connecting the free end with the connection port.
A method of wiring an optical fiber node, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a controller, a wiring schematic;
- in response to receiving the wiring schematic, obtaining information from a database, wherein the information from the database includes at least one of:
- a module type, a module layout, a current connection map associated with a current arrangement of optical fibers, or a past connection map associated with one or more past arrangements of the optical fibers;
- in view of the obtained information, adjusting an indicator on a module disposed in a housing of the optical fiber node, the indicator being associated with a connection port of the module;
- and
- in response to the adjusted indicator, connecting an optical fiber to the connection port associated with the indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.