Systems and methods for using active optical cable segments

USRE47365E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC · US

Inventors

• Kamlesh G. Patel · Chanhassen, US
• David Stone · Irvine, US
• Joseph C. Coffey · Burnsville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2019
• Expiry date: May 19, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

First and second active optical modules that terminate first and second active optical cable segments, each of which having a respective active end and a respective passive end, can be authenticated by: reading information from active-end storage devices attached to the respective active ends of the first and second active optical modules; providing information read from the active-end storage devices to an aggregation point; reading information from passive-end storage devices attached to the respective passive ends of the first and second active optical cable segments; providing information read from passive-end storage devices to the aggregation point; and authenticating the first and second active optical modules using information provided to the aggregation point.