High density telecommunications systems with cable management and heat dissipation features

A telecommunications system comprising:

• a telecommunications chassis defining a top end, a bottom end, and a central longitudinal axis extending between the top end and the bottom end, the telecommunications chassis defining a generally pyramidal shape, wherein a transverse cross-sectional footprint of the chassis changes in outer dimension in a direction extending from the top end to the bottom end, the telecommunications chassis further defining a front wall, a rear wall, a right wall, and a left wall, each of the front, rear, right, and left walls extending at an acute angle to both the top end and the bottom end and each of the front, rear, right, and left walls defining ports for receiving exterior connectors or plugs;
• a central opening extending through the chassis in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis;
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• a cable trough defined by each of the front, rear, right, and left walls, extending between the top end and the bottom end, each cable trough extending parallel to its associated front, rear, right, and left wall;
• wherein the ports, via the exterior connectors or plugs, are configured to provide access to electrical connection locations defined by telecommunications equipment mounted within an interior of the telecommunications chassis around the central opening, the telecommunications equipment mounted within the chassis including a printed circuit board having a generally triangular shape defining two right-angle sides and a third side connecting the two right-angle sides, wherein at least one of the two right-angle sides defines telecommunications connectors for connecting to other telecommunications equipment within the chassis, and the third side defines the electrical connection locations accessible through the ports of the telecommunications chassis.

A telecommunications system comprising:

• a telecommunications chassis defining a top end, a bottom end, and a central longitudinal axis extending between the top end and the bottom end, the telecommunications chassis including ports around an outer perimeter of the telecommunications chassis for receiving exterior connectors or plugs, wherein the telecommunications chassis provides 360 degree accessibility around the perimeter of the telecommunications chassis to the ports;
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• a central heat dissipation structure defining an opening extending through the chassis in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis, wherein the telecommunications chassis defines a generally pyramidal shape, wherein a transverse cross-sectional footprint of the chassis changes in outer dimension in a direction extending from the top end to the bottom end, the telecommunications chassis further defining at least three intersecting sidewalls defining the generally pyramidal shape, the at least three sidewalls each extending at an acute angle to both the top end and the bottom end, each of the at least three intersecting sidewalls defining the ports;
• wherein the ports, via the exterior connectors or plugs, are configured to provide access to electrical connection locations defined by telecommunications equipment mounted within an interior of the telecommunications chassis around the opening, the telecommunications equipment mounted within the chassis including a printed circuit board having a generally triangular shape defining two right-angle sides and a third side connecting the two right-angle sides, wherein at least one of the two right-angle sides defines telecommunications connectors for connecting to other telecommunications equipment within the chassis, and the third side defines the electrical connection locations accessible through the ports of the telecommunications chassis.