Patch panel cable information detection systems and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8649651
APP PUB NO 20130260602A1
SERIAL NO

13902079

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A communications system includes a plurality of patch panels, wherein each patch panel has a plurality of connector ports on a front surface thereof that are each connected to a respective communication line, and one or more optical couplers/connector ports on a rear surface thereof for linking two or more patch panels together. A cable for linking patch panels includes opposite ends and a respective connector at each end that is configured to be removably secured within a respective coupler/connector port on the rear surface. Each connector has an RFID tag attached thereto. An RF antenna is secured to each patch panel adjacent each respective coupler, and each antenna is configured to activate and read information from a cable RFID tag when a cable connector is secured within a coupler adjacent thereto.

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  • COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Choudhury, G Mabud Warren, US 15 400
German, Michael Secaucus, US 30 686
Macauley, Daniel W Fishers, US 23 917

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