Compact cable assembly

A fiber optic cable assembly comprising:

• a cable, the cable including a core, the core including a plurality of optical fibers;
• and
• a plurality of connection units, each of the connection units including a subset of the plurality of the optical fibers, the connection units being initially in a first configuration spread about the core of the cable as the cable is deployed, once the cable is deployed the connection units being configured to assemble into a second configuration with one another to form a connector, and
• wherein each connection unit includes a connection unit body holding the subset of the plurality of optical fibers of the connection unit and wherein, in the first configuration, the connection unit bodies of multiple connection units are stacked together as a unit during deployment of the cable.

A fiber optic cable assembly comprising:

• a cable, the cable including a core, the core including a plurality of optical fibers;
• and
• a plurality of connection units, each of the connection units including a subset of the plurality of the optical fibers, the connection units being initially in a first configuration spread about the core of the cable as the cable is deployed, once the cable is deployed the connection units being configured to assemble into a second configuration with one another to form a connector,
• wherein each connection unit includes a connection unit body holding the subset of the plurality of optical fibers of the connection unit and wherein, in the first configuration, the connection unit bodies of multiple connection units are stacked together as a unit during deployment of the cable, and
• wherein, in the first configuration, the connection unit bodies are managed within a track mounted to the cable.