Commscope Technologies LLC

Commscope Connectivity UK Limited

Other

Alphasense Limited

Fram Europe Limited

Peter Smith

Eric W Sybesma

Kamlesh G Patel

Jason Bautista

Ian Butler

David John Chirgwin

Owen Marshall

Simon Colley

Andrew P Roberts

Gene Malone

Laxman R Anne

John R Saffell

Patrick Timothy Moseley

Molybdenum oxide is doped with vanadium, nobidium, tantalum or titanium to form a stable MOtheta phase crystal structure as a vapor sensitive material for detecting vapors of volatile organic compounds. That material is used between electrodes connected to a measuring device to measure a change in an electrical quality in the presence of a vapor of a volatile organic compound. Concentration of the vapor is measured to low part per million ranges.

Highly effective sensor for the vapors of volatile organic compounds

One embodiment is directed to a method comprising obtaining, using a portable device, identifier information about one or more identifiers associated with one or more of a rack and equipment installed in the rack and displaying on the portable device a picture of the rack captured and displaying on the portable device an overlay that includes markings that define a perimeter of the rack and a plurality of equipment positions within the rack. The method further comprises receiving, by the portable device, an alignment of the overlay on the picture of the rack and the equipment positions and receiving location information for the rack. The method further comprises storing the picture of the rack, the alignment of the overlay on the picture of the rack, the identifier location, and the location information by a management application. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Method of capturing information about a rack and equipment installed therein

A work order is generated. The work order comprises a first work order step specifying that a port of a first network element is to be connected to a port of a second network element using a cable. The first and second network elements are configured to detect when connections are made at the specified ports of the first network element and the second network element. A management system is configured to update information it maintains to indicate that there is a connection between the specified port of the first network element and the specified port of the second network element if connections made at the specified ports of the first and second network elements are detected during a period in which the first work order step of the first work order is expected to be performed. A similar technique can be used for disconnecting a cable.

Inferring physical layer connection status of generic cables from planned single-end connection events

Systems and methods for monitoring the presence of rack mounted equipment are described herein. In certain embodiments, a system includes one or more racks, each rack in the one or more racks configured to hold rack mounted equipment at one or more positions within the rack. The system also includes one or more sensor bars associated with each position in the one or more positions, wherein each sensor bar in the one or more sensor bars produces a signal that indicates whether the rack mounted equipment is located at the position associated with a respective sensor bar. Further, the system includes an analyzer configured to receive the signal produced by the sensor bar, wherein the analyzer provides an indication that rack mounted equipment is located at the position to an infrastructure management system.

Systems and methods for monitoring the presence of rack mounted equipment

Systems and methods for tamper proof cables are described herein. In certain implementations, a system includes one or more pieces of equipment and one or more tamper proof cables connecting the equipment within a network. A tamper proof cable includes a core that provides a transmission medium through the cable; an insulator enveloping the core; a first conductive braid encircling the insulator; a dielectric enveloping the first conductive braid; and a second conductive braid encircling the dielectric, the first and second conductive braids, and the dielectric forming a capacitor. The system includes one or more detectors, each detector coupled to the tamper proof cables, each detector and an associated capacitor forming a tuned circuit, the detectors providing a signal when an associated portion of the tamper proof cables is tampered with; a monitor coupled to the detectors that notifies an infrastructure management system when the signal is received.

Systems and methods for tamper proof cables

Systems and methods for detecting component rotation within a communication assembly are provided. In certain embodiments, a system includes a plurality of modules; and a plurality of ports installed in each module in the plurality of modules, each port being associated with a port identification number, wherein port identification numbers for the plurality of ports are independently numbered from the port identification numbers for at least one other module in the plurality of modules. The system also includes a management entity configured to identify the ports on the plurality of modules, wherein the management entity uses remapped port identification numbers to identify the ports, wherein each remapped port identification number associated with each port in the plurality of modules is unique.

Systems and methods for port mapping

An oily water separator which has a plurality of parallel corrugated plates between which the oil/water mixture is constrained to flow, adjacent plates being separated by spacing forms smoothly shaped to provide substantially laminar flow therepast in a direction generally transverse to the corrugations, each spacing form being positioned between two plates at a crest or at a trough in the corrugations and having a leading edge serving to divide the flow therepast at said crest or trough, which edge extends generally tangentially to the said crest or trough of one of the respective plates.

Oily water separator

Removing and collecting oil

Separation of a suspension of two immiscible fluid components is accomplished in a cylindrical pressure vessel divided into a main chamber and, at one axial end, a secondary chamber. A series of sinusoidal plates in the main chamber provides a tortuous passage for fluid to the secondary chamber. The two components tend to separate during such passage, the less dense component collecting in the upper part of the main chamber and the denser component passing to the secondary chamber. The vessel is provided with an inlet to the main chamber, a first outlet from the main chamber for the less dense component and a second outlet for the denser component exiting from the secondary chamber.

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Chester, United Kingdom

Peter Smith