Fiber jumpers with data storage method and apparatus
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsHossein Eslambolchi, John Sinclair Huffman
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for identifying fiber optic jumper cables is presented. A radio-frequency identification system is presented in which a tag is placed in an ST connector. The tag includes a memory storing jumper cable identification information. The jumper cable identification information identifies the jumper cable. A radiating unit radiates the tag with electromagnetic waves and the tag is energized. Once energized, the tag communicates the jumper cable identification information located in the memory to the radiating unit. The radiating unit then displays the jumper cable identification information. As such, a technician is able to identify a jumper associated with the connector and connect the jumper to an appropriate communications bay.
Claims12
A fiber-optic termination device comprising:
- a fiber optic connector;
- a transponder attached to the connector and receiving a signal;
- and
- a memory storing information and coupled to the transponder, the memory communicating the information to the transponder, in response to the transponder receiving the signal, the information including at least one data type selected from the group consisting of formatting information, point of interest category information, route name information, message code information and GPS location information;
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- the transponder responding to the signal with the information communicated by the memory.
A method of operating a fiber connector comprising the steps of:
- receiving electromagnetic waves in the fiber connector, the fiber connector including a tag, the tag including a memory associated therewith, the memory storing information, the information including at least one data type selected from the group consisting of formatting information, point of interest category information, route name information, message code information and GPS location information;
- energizing the tag in response to receiving the electromagnetic waves;
- accessing the memory in response to energizing the tag;
- and
- communicating the information in response to accessing the memory.
A method of identifying a jumper comprising the steps of:
- directing signals toward a connector to the jumper, the connector including a tag with a memory associated therewith, the memory storing information, wherein the tag is energized in response to receiving the signals and information is communicated from the memory in response to energizing the tag, the information including at least one data type selected from the group consisting of formatting information, point of interest category information, route name information, message code information and GPS location information;
- receiving the information communicated from the tag;
- and
- displaying the information in response to receiving the information communicated from the tag.
An apparatus for terminating optical fiber cables, comprising:
- a communications equipment bay;
- at least one fiber optic termination device receptor attached to the bay;
- a static radiating unit positioned in the bay, the radiating unit being configured to transmit a first radio frequency signal and to receive and decode information contained in a received second radio frequency signal;
- at least one fiber-optic termination device mounted in a corresponding fiber optic termination device receptor, the termination device comprising a transponder for receiving the first radio frequency signal and a memory storing information and coupled to the transponder, the memory communicating the information to the transponder for encoding in the second signal in response to the transponder receiving the first signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.