Intelligent patching systems and methods using electrical cable diagnostic tests and inference-based mapping techniques
US9678133B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q1/136
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A new patch cord connection in a communications network may be automatically identified by using a plug insertion/removal sensor to detect the insertion of a first plug into a first connector port of a patch panel. An electrical cable diagnostic test is used to detect an insertion of a second plug into a first connector port on a network device. It may be inferred that a new patch cord connection has been established between the first connector port of the patch panel and the first connector port of the network device based on the consecutive detections of the insertions of the first and second plugs.
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