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Patch panel cover mounted antenna grid for use in the automatic determination of network cable connections using RFID tags

  • US 20070236355A1
  • Filed: 03/29/2006
  • Published: 10/11/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A patch panel cover for use in determining connectivity between one or more device ports comprised in a patch panel and one or more cable ends having corresponding RFID tags attached thereto, the one or more cable ends being connected to corresponding ones of said one or more device ports of said patch panel, the patch panel cover comprising a plurality of RFID antennas, each of said RFID antennas comprising one or more protruding portions thereof, each of said protruding portions of said RFID antennas being in close physical proximity to one or more of said plurality of device ports when said patch panel cover is positioned in a fixed, predefined relationship to said patch panel.

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