Digital cross-connect system and rack arrangement

A telecommunications bay comprising:

• a frame having a front and a rear;
• a plurality of chassis mounted at the front of the frame;
• an IN/OUT cable termination region accessible from the rear of the frame;
• a cross-connect cable termination region accessible from the rear of the frame, the cross-connect cable termination region being segregated from the IN/OUT cable termination region;
• normal-through switching circuitry housed within the chassis, the normal-through switching circuitry of each chassis being electrically connected to the IN/OUT cable termination region by first cables that extend through an interior region of the frame, and the normal-through switching circuitry of each chassis being electrically connected to the cross-connect cable termination region by second cables routed through the interior region of the frame;
• ports that provide plug access to the normal-through switching circuitry;
• and
• center conductors and shield contacts corresponding to the ports for providing electrical connections with coaxial plugs inserted within the ports.

A telecommunications bay comprising:

• a frame having a front and a rear, the frame including first and second rack rails, each defining a vertical cable management trough having an open side that faces in a rearward direction;
• a plurality of chassis mounted at the front of the frame;
• an IN/OUT cable termination region accessible from the rear of the frame, the IN/OUT cable termination region including a connector mounting construct mounted to extend across a width of the frame defined between the first and second rack rails, the connector mounting construct having first and second connector mounting sections aligned at angles relative to one another;
• a cross-connect cable termination region accessible from the rear of the frame, the cross-connect cable termination region being segregated from the IN/OUT cable termination region, the cross-connect cable termination region including a plurality of vertically spaced apart cross-connect connector mounting panels that extend across the width of the frame defined between the first and second rack rails;
• a horizontal cable management trough located beneath each of the cross-connect connector mounting panels, the horizontal cable management troughs being positioned rearward of the first and second rack rails, and the bay defining open access regions adjacent ends of the cross-connect connector mounting panels for routing cables between the horizontal cable management troughs and the vertical cable management troughs;
• and
• normal-through switching circuitry housed within the chassis, the normal-through switching circuitry of each chassis being electrically connected to the IN/OUT cable termination region by first cables that extend through an interior region of the frame, and the normal-through switching circuitry of each chassis being electrically connected to the cross-connect cable termination region by second cables routed through the interior region of the frame.