Telecommunications fiber optic infrastructure
First Claim
1. A telecommunications fiber optic infrastructure, comprising:
- a fiber center distributing frame which forms a cable interface from at least one remote equipment to at least one central office equipment, said fiber center distributing frame further comprising;
a fiber center distributing frame module having an outside plant portion, an inside plant portion, and an equipment cable port, said at least one remote equipment connecting to said outside plant portion and said at least one central office equipment connecting to said outside plant portion through said equipment cable port, and said outside plant portion being proximately located to said inside plant portion;
said inside plant portion of said fiber center distributing frame module further comprising a plurality of inside mounting positions wherein each one of said plurality of inside mounting positions is in a designated state selected from a group of operating states consisting of;
equipped, unequipped and spare; and
wherein said connection from said outside plant portion to said inside plant portion is made to any one of said plurality of inside mounting positions which is in said equipped operating state.
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Abstract
Proposed is an apparatus and process (collectively referred to as a “Fiber Center”) for deploying and managing a central office fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure in response to demand from either a customer location or another operating telephone company (OTC) location. Customer demand information and management parameters are entered into a software system. In response to the demand information, the software system describes the required standard components and prefabricated cables, assigns the standard components and prefabricated cables to a specific location and enters this information into a reference data base. Assembly of the fiber optic infrastructure is implemented according to an equipment order which is generated based on the description and location information in the reference data base.
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21 Claims
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1. A telecommunications fiber optic infrastructure, comprising:
a fiber center distributing frame which forms a cable interface from at least one remote equipment to at least one central office equipment, said fiber center distributing frame further comprising;
a fiber center distributing frame module having an outside plant portion, an inside plant portion, and an equipment cable port, said at least one remote equipment connecting to said outside plant portion and said at least one central office equipment connecting to said outside plant portion through said equipment cable port, and said outside plant portion being proximately located to said inside plant portion;
said inside plant portion of said fiber center distributing frame module further comprising a plurality of inside mounting positions wherein each one of said plurality of inside mounting positions is in a designated state selected from a group of operating states consisting of;
equipped, unequipped and spare; and
wherein said connection from said outside plant portion to said inside plant portion is made to any one of said plurality of inside mounting positions which is in said equipped operating state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for deploying a telecommunications fiber optic infrastructure comprising the steps of:
deploying a fiber center distributing frame which forms a cable interface from at least one remote equipment to at least one central office equipment, the fiber center distributing frame comprising;
a fiber center distributing frame module having an outside plant portion, an inside plant portion, and an equipment cable port, wherein the inside plant portion further comprises a plurality of inside mounting positions and the outside plant portion is proximately located to the inside plant portion;
the inside plant portion of the fiber center distributing frame module further comprising a plurality of inside mounting positions wherein each one of the plurality of inside mounting positions is in a designated state selected from a group of operating states consisting of;
equipped, unequipped and spare;
connecting the at least one remote equipment to the outside plant portion;
connecting, through the equipment cable port, the outside plant portion to any one of the plurality of inside mounting positions which is in the equipped operating state; and
grooming, on the outside plant portion, the connection to the at least one remote equipment with the connection to the one of the plurality of inside mounting positions which is in the equipped operating state. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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