Connector assembly integrating multiple receptacle modules for a communication system

A connector assembly comprising:

• a receptacle cage having cage walls forming a plurality of module channels, the cage walls providing electrical shielding for the module channels, the receptacle cage having a front end and a rear end with front ports at the front end open to the corresponding module channels and rear ports at the rear end open to the corresponding module channels, the module channels configured to receive pluggable modules through the front ports at the front end;
• a plurality of receptacle modules received in the corresponding module channels through the rear ports at the rear end of the receptacle cage, each receptacle module having a housing holding a contact assembly, the housing having a card slot at a front of the housing, the contact assembly having contacts terminated to ends of cables, the contacts having mating ends at the card slot to mate with the corresponding pluggable module received in the receptacle cage, wherein a mating end of the receptacle module is located at an interior of the module channel surrounded by the cage walls, the receptacle modules including a first outer receptacle module, a second outer receptacle module, and an inner receptacle module located between the first and second outer receptacle modules;
• an integrator coupled to the receptacle cage, the integrator having integrator walls forming a plurality of chambers, each chamber receiving the corresponding receptacle module, the integrator walls including a first side wall, a second side wall, a base wall extending between the first and second side walls, and separator walls extending from the base wall between the first and second side walls, the plurality of chambers including a first outer chamber at the first side wall, a second outer chamber at the second side wall, and an inner chamber between the first and second outer chambers and separated from other chambers by the separator walls, the first outer chamber receiving the first outer receptacle module, the second outer chamber receiving the second outer receptacle module, the inner chamber receiving the inner receptacle module;
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• a latch coupled to the integrator, the latch configured to be latchably coupled to the receptacle cage to secure the first outer receptacle module, the second outer receptacle module, and the inner receptacle module in the receptacle cage.

A communication system comprising:

• a receptacle cage having cage walls forming a plurality of module channels, the cage walls providing electrical shielding for the module channels, the module channels being separated by divider walls, the receptacle cage having a front end and a rear end with front ports at the front end open to the corresponding module channels and rear ports at the rear end open to the corresponding module channels;
• pluggable modules received in the corresponding module channels through the front ports at the front end, each pluggable module including a module circuit board having contact pads at a card edge;
• a connector assembly coupled to the rear end, the connector assembly including an integrator holding a plurality of receptacle modules, each receptacle module received in the corresponding module channel in the receptacle cage through the rear ports at the rear end such that a mating end of the receptacle module is located at an interior of the module channel surrounded by the cage walls to mate with the corresponding pluggable module in the receptacle cage, each receptacle module having a housing holding a contact assembly, the housing having a card slot at a front of the housing configured to receive the card edge of the module circuit board of the corresponding pluggable module, the contact assembly having contacts terminated to ends of cables, the contacts having mating ends at the card slot to mate with the contact pads at the card edge of the module circuit board of the corresponding pluggable module, the integrator coupled to the receptacle cage, the integrator having integrator walls forming a plurality of chambers, each chamber receiving the corresponding receptacle module, the connector assembly having a latch coupled to the integrator, the latch being latchably coupled to the receptacle cage to secure the receptacle modules in the receptacle cage.