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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1997
Robert W Cantwell, Garland, TX (US);
Michael H Jette, Grapevine, TX (US);
Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A high density unit shelf (22) is provided for use with a digital switch such as a digital cross-connect system (10). The high density unit shelf (22) provides redundant interfacing capability and may be configured in a redundant configuration, a non-redundant configuration, or combinations thereof. The high density unit shelf (22) generally includes a plurality of network interface port pairs, such as a network interface port (52) and (56), a plurality of network connectors, such as a receive network connector (50) and a transmit network connector (54), a plurality of first matrix connectors, such as a matrix connector (70), and a plurality of second matrix connectors such as a matrix connector (72). The network interface port pair receives a first network interface card at the network interface port (52) and a second network interface card at the network interface port (56).