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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2000
Steven C. Bartolutti, Suwanne, GA (US);
Leslie A. Baxter, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Jane B. Clayton, Suwanee, GA (US);
Clay A. Feustel, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Harold W. Friesen, Dunwoody, GA (US);
David R. Hawkins, Sugar Hill, GA (US);
Christopher M. Helmstetter, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Ian A. White, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for cross-connecting network elements of different types through a common universal media. In the system, a media conversion interface is electrically connected to a network element. This media conversion interface passively maps the connector and cable type of the network element to a universal connector type. This media conversion interface is electrically connected to a cross-connect module in a universal distribution frame. This electrical connection uses a universal cable group and universal connectors. This cross-connect module is connected to another cross-connect module, also in a universal distribution frame, using a universal cable group and universal connectors. This second cross-connect module is electrically connected to a second media conversion interface, using a universal cable group and universal connectors. This second media conversion interface is electrically connected to a second network element, and passively maps the connector and cable type of the second network element to the universal connector.