Electrical connector, communication network and method for operating an electrical connector

Abstract

An electrical connector, comprising an electrical contact interface for establishing an electrical contact with another electrical contact interface of another connector, an electrical conductor terminating in the electrical contact interface, and a contact status sensor, wherein the contact status sensor includes a sensor element that can be arranged and is designed to detect a measured value of a predetermined physical parameter of the conductor and/or the contact interface, and a data processing device that is designed to determine an actual status of the electrical contact based on the detected measured value.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.