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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Peter Smith, Chester, GB;
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
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.