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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2001
John R. Toth, Clermont, FL (US);
John P. Strauss, Ormond Beach, FL (US);
Ocean Design, Inc., Ormond Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
A cable system for installation on the ocean floor or under another body of water includes a plurality of sub-sea junction boxes installed at spaced locations throughout a predetermined sub-oceanic cable network. At least some of the junction boxes are located at a predetermined distance off-shore from a respective on-shore cable junction node. A single main, high fiber count conduit extends from each off-shore junction box to the respective on-shore cable junction node. Each off-shore junction box has plurality of ports for releasable connection to a selected offshore cable terminated at the junction box, and a fiber routing unit in the junction box connects at least some of the ports to fibers in the main conduit.