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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2011
Terry R. Cobb, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Lance Howard Cobb, Legal Representative, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Bob Conte, East Haven, CT (US);
Terry R. Cobb, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Lance Howard Cobb, legal representative, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Bob Conte, East Haven, CT (US);
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A communications patching system includes first and second patch panels, each having a plurality of connector ports, and a patch cord that is configured to selectively interconnect a connector port in the first patch panel with a connector port in the second patch panel. Each patch panel includes a port identification circuit that is electrically coupled with the connector ports of the respective patch panel. The port identification circuit of each patch panel is configured to transmit a signal to a connector port of the other patch panel over a common mode transmission path of the patch cord. The first and second connector ports connected by the patch cord are identified from the signal path.