H - Electricity – 04 – Q
Patent
H - Electricity
04
Q
H04Q 1/16 (2006.01) G02B 6/38 (2006.01) H04Q 1/14 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2162515
The present invention includes a system for tracing jumpers used in an exchange to cross-connect optical fibers or wires served by the exchange. The system includes an exchange housing receptacles with optically-encoded data associated with eachreceptacle or a group of receptacles. The optically-encoded data for a receptacle(s) uniquely identifies the physical location of the receptacle from any other receptacle in the exchange. Also, this optically-encoded data can include the type of jumper and/or length of the jumper to be used with the receptacle, the correct routing of the jumper through the exchange, the traffic to be carried on the jumper and/or the identity of the physical location of the receptacle to be connected to the other end of the jumper. Likewise, the jumpers each have optically-encoded data formed thereon that uniquely identifies the jumper or jumper end and distinguishes the jumper from any other jumper used in the exchange. The optically-encoded data associated with the jumper can include the type of jumper, the length of the jumper, the proper routing of the jumper through the exchange and/or the traffic to be carried on the jumper. If no jumper is to be connected to a particular receptacle, a cover with optically-encoded data can be attached to a receptacle to indicate that no jumper is connected to the receptacle. The system of this invention also includes a hand-held optical scanner that can be used by an operator to scan the optically-encoded data associated with a receptacle(s) and the optically-encoded data of a jumper(s) connected to the receptacle(s), and transmits the optically-encoded data signals to a computer of the system of this invention. The computer can generate a display of the physical location of a receptacle(s) in association with the identity of the jumper(s) and connected thereto, so that an operator can diagnose misconnections of the jumpers between receptacles in the exchange. Further, the computer can store verification data that can be compared with optically-encoded data signals from scanning with the optical scanner, to determine whether the proper jumper has been connected to a receptacle, whether the jumper is of appropriate type or length for the cross-connection and whether the jumper or receptacle is associated with traffic that is of interest to the operator, for example.
Cohen Leonard George
Deveau George Frank
At&t Corp.
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
LandOfFree
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