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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2005
Alexander John Gray Beck, Frenchs Forest, AU;
Gordon R. Brunson, Broomfield, CO (US);
Jonathan R. Yee-hang Choy, Wahroonga, AU;
Alexander Martin Scholte, Chatswood, AU;
David Preshan Thambiratnam, Ashfield, AU;
Alexander John Gray Beck, Frenchs Forest, AU;
Gordon R. Brunson, Broomfield, CO (US);
Jonathan R. Yee-Hang Choy, Wahroonga, AU;
Alexander Martin Scholte, Chatswood, AU;
David Preshan Thambiratnam, Ashfield, AU;
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a device, system, and method for identifying interconnect cables used in a network and the locations in the network where the interconnect cables are deployed. The identification information may be used to audit, for example, patch panel connections in a computer or communications network. The preferred embodiments include RFID transponders incorporated at the cable ends. An RFID scanner is used to interrogate the transponders, and the retrieved information is stored and acted on as appropriate. In a first embodiment, secondary contacts are used on the network components for mating with primary contacts on the cable ends in order to generate information as to the location where the cable ends are connected. In a second embodiment, memory modules are incorporated in the components for providing information reflective of connection locations.