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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2005
Michael G. German, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Golam Mabud Choudhury, Warren, NJ (US);
Daniel Warren Macauley, Fishers, IN (US);
Danny L. Satterthwaite, Allen, TX (US);
Peter T. Tucker, Dallas, TX (US);
Michael G. German, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Golam Mabud Choudhury, Warren, NJ (US);
Daniel Warren Macauley, Fishers, IN (US);
Danny L. Satterthwaite, Allen, TX (US);
Peter T. Tucker, Dallas, TX (US);
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications patching system includes a patch panel having a plurality of connector ports, and having an RFID reader and RF antennas associated with the connector ports. A plurality of patch cords are configured to selectively interconnect pairs of the connector ports. Each patch cord has opposite ends and a respective connector secured to each end that is configured to be removably secured within a connector port. Each connector of a respective patch cord includes an RFID tag. The RFID tags for a respective patch cord have the same unique identifier stored therewithin. The RF antenna associated with a connector port emits RF signals that cause a patch cord connector RFID tag to transmit its identifier. Each RF antenna detects the transmitted identifier of a patch cord connector RFID tag when the respective patch cord connector is inserted within, and removed from, a respective one of the connector ports.