Physical layer management (PLM) system for use with an optical distribution frame having trays with selectable patch side

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PATENT NO 9805332
APP PUB NO 20130205579A1
SERIAL NO

13766120

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One embodiment is directed to a tray for use in a subrack of a rack. The tray comprises a printed circuit board configured so that a plurality of connections can be made at a plurality of positions on the printed circuit board, each of the plurality of connections involving at least one connector positioned on a patch side of the plurality of positions and the least one connector having a device associated therewith in which information is stored. The tray is configured so that either side of the positions can be used as the patch side. The tray is configured so that the devices associated with the connectors involved in making the connections at the patch side can be read via the tray. The devices associated with the connections can be implemented, for example, using RFID tags or connection point identifier (CPID) storage devices (such as EEPROMs).

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COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY UK LIMITEDDORCAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Atkinson, David Nicolas Colwyn Bay, GB 3 40
Baston, Peter Flintshire, GB 3 40
Hulse, John Michael Gwynedd, GB 5 88
Jeuris, Kristof Johan Leuven, BE 4 41
Lambourn, Stephen Wiltshire, GB 18 362
Mather, David Cheshire, GB 14 95
Standish, Ian Miles Flintshire N Wales, GB 29 508

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