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US 2026/0147177 A1Published application
Network Architecture Using Indexing and Tapping Modules
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorMark O. Vogel
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Abstract
Indexing modules and tapping modules that can be interconnected in one or more chains to form a network. The indexing modules each include at least one pass-through line that is not dropped or indexed at the indexing module. The tap modules each include a tap line and a pass-through line. Input and pass-through connection interfaces of the indexing and tapping modules are configured so that the tap line of the tap modules is connected only to the pass-through line of the indexing modules.
Claims1
A fiber optic tap module comprising:
- a housing having a first multi-fiber demateable connection interface, a second multi-fiber demateable connection interface, and a third demateable connection interface, each of the first and second multi-fiber demateable connection interfaces defining a plurality of sequential fiber positions including a first fiber position and a subsequent fiber position;
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- internal fiber circuitry including a tapped fiber that extends between the first fiber positions of the first and second second multi-fiber demateable connection interfaces and a pass-through fiber that extends between the subsequent fiber positions of the first and second second multi-fiber demateable connection interfaces, the internal fiber circuitry also including an optical tap that splits optical signals carried over the tapped fiber onto an output fiber that is optically coupled to the third demateable connection interface, wherein no optical signals are split from the pass-through fiber between the first and second multi-fiber demateable connection interfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.