Methods, systems, and devices for integrating wireless technology into a fiber optic network

A cable configuration for feeding power and signals to a wireless transceiver, the system comprising:

• a furcation member;
• a trunk cable extending to the furcation member, the trunk cable including a plurality of optical fibers to carry optical signals and an electrical conductor to carry power;
• a plurality of branch cables extending away from the furcation member, at least some of the branch cables including branch optical fibers coupled to the optical fiber of the trunk cable, one of the branch cables including the electrical conductor of the trunk cable;
• a ruggedized optical connector terminating one of the branch optical fibers, the ruggedized optical connector including an environmental seal for preventing moisture/water intrusion at a ruggedized optical port adapted for mating with the ruggedized optical connector;
• an optical transmission path extending along the trunk cable, through the furcation member, and along one of the branch cables that includes one of the branch optical fibers to the wireless transceiver;
• a power transmission path extending along the trunk cable, through the furcation member, and along the branch cable that includes the electrical conductor to the wireless transceiver;
• a wireless transceiver to which the power and signals are fed, the wireless transceiver receiving the power from the power transmission path and receiving signals from the optical transmission path, wherein the wireless transceiver is disposed within an outer housing, wherein the outer housing includes a ruggedized optical external port accessible from an exterior of the outer housing;
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• an optical adapter disposed at the outer housing, the optical adapter defining the ruggedized optical external port and also defining an internal port coupled to the wireless transceiver.

A system for feeding power and signals to a wireless transceiver, the system comprising:

• a wireless transceiver disposed within an outer housing, the outer housing defining a ruggedized optical port accessible from an exterior of the outer housing, the outer housing also defining an internal port coupled to the wireless transceiver;
• a furcation member;
• a trunk cable extending to the furcation member, the trunk cable being configured to carry power and optical signals;
• a first branch cable optically coupled to the trunk cable at the furcation member, the first branch cable being terminated at a ruggedized optical connector;
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• a second branch cable electrically coupled to the trunk cable at the furcation member, the second branch cable being configured to carry power to the wireless transceiver.