Modular communication interconnection system

Abstract

A wiring arrangement for providing communication channels to a plurality of workstations includes multiple communication connector having respectively n terminals at each of the plurality of workstations. A plurality of modular wiring assemblies are serially arranged between the workstations. Each wiring assembly comprises first and second connectors, each having m terminals, connected by wires in permutated fashion such that the m.sup.th terminal of the first connector is connected to the m.sup.th +i terminal of the second connector, where i is a positive or negative integer. The first connector of each assembly matingly engages the second connector of an adjacent assembly at each workstation. Terminals of the communication connectors are connected to selected terminals of the first and second connectors so as to provide voice and data communications to each workstation. The permutation allows for provision of voice and data communication channels at each workstation using fewer interconnecting wires than would otherwise be required. Permutation may also be effected by interconnection modules positioned between the connectors of adjacent, serially arranged wiring assemblies having identically wired connector pairs.