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AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorsBassel H. Daoud, Christopher M. Helmstetter, David S. Kerr, Walter Pelosi, Mikhail Sumetskiy
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A modular jack receptacle that includes a plurality of removable interfaces that provide for interconnection between and among the plurality of interfaces and a modular jack held by the receptacle. Each of the removable interfaces include two terminals mounted on a printed circuit board and each connected to a circuit trace. Each interface may also include, as a routine matter of design choice, electronic devices, circuits, connectors, etc., to provide for additional functionality of the interface. The modular jack receptacle provides increased flexibility in diagnostic and test capability for a particular communication line from a Central Office (CO) to a customer premise location and simplified replacement of electronic devices installed in series with a communication line.
A modular jack receptacle adapted to accept and hold a modular jack that includes a terminal, said modular jack receptacle comprising:
A system for evaluating a communication line provided between a central office (CO) and a customer premise location, the CO including communications equipment for communicating a signal from the CO to the customer premise location over the communications line, said system comprising:
A modular jack receptacle for receiving and holding a modular jack having a terminal, said modular jack receptacle comprising a plurality of selectively removable and interconnectable interfaces, each of said plurality of interfaces comprising a printed circuit board and including a connector for making an electronic connection between adjacent ones of said plurality of interfaces, said connector for one of said plurality of interfaces making an electronic connection to the modular jack terminal, said other ones of said plurality of interfaces being connectable to the modular jack terminal via said respective connector and said one of said interfaces.
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