Local convergence cabinet
First Claim
1. An enclosure for interconnecting at least one optical fiber of a feeder cable with two or more optical fibers of a distribution cable, the enclosure comprising:
- a cabinet defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction and an interior compartment comprising a feeder cable side and a distribution cable side positioned laterally adjacent the feeder cable side;
at least one feeder cable port in communication with the interior compartment and defining at least one opening therethrough for receiving the feeder cable;
at least one distribution cable port in communication with the interior compartment and defining at least one opening therethrough for receiving the distribution cable;
a feeder cable slack storage area for storing slack lengths of the feeder cable within the feeder cable side of the interior compartment;
a distribution cable slack storage area for storing slack lengths of the distribution cable within the distribution cable side of the interior compartment;
a fiber splicing area comprising at least one splice tray for splicing the optical fiber of the feeder cable to a feeder pigtail and the optical fibers of the distribution cable to distribution pigtails; and
a fiber coupling area comprising at least one coupler module for splitting an optical signal carried by the feeder pigtail into optical signals carried by the distribution pigtails.
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Abstract
An outdoor cabinet interconnects an optical fiber of a feeder cable with at least two optical fibers of a distribution cable at a local convergence point in an optical network. The cabinet defines an interior compartment comprising a feeder cable side having a feeder cable entry port and a feeder cable slack storage area, a distribution cable side having a distribution cable entry port and a distribution cable slack storage area, at least one splice tray and at least one coupler module. A feeder pigtail is routed from the splice tray and connected to an adapter provided on the coupler module. At least two distribution pigtails are routed from the splice tray and connected to adapters provided on the coupler module. The coupler module splits an optical signal carried on the optical fiber of the feeder cable into optical signals carried on the optical fibers of the distribution cable.
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20 Claims
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1. An enclosure for interconnecting at least one optical fiber of a feeder cable with two or more optical fibers of a distribution cable, the enclosure comprising:
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a cabinet defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction and an interior compartment comprising a feeder cable side and a distribution cable side positioned laterally adjacent the feeder cable side;
at least one feeder cable port in communication with the interior compartment and defining at least one opening therethrough for receiving the feeder cable;
at least one distribution cable port in communication with the interior compartment and defining at least one opening therethrough for receiving the distribution cable;
a feeder cable slack storage area for storing slack lengths of the feeder cable within the feeder cable side of the interior compartment;
a distribution cable slack storage area for storing slack lengths of the distribution cable within the distribution cable side of the interior compartment;
a fiber splicing area comprising at least one splice tray for splicing the optical fiber of the feeder cable to a feeder pigtail and the optical fibers of the distribution cable to distribution pigtails; and
a fiber coupling area comprising at least one coupler module for splitting an optical signal carried by the feeder pigtail into optical signals carried by the distribution pigtails. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An enclosure for splitting an optical signal carried by an input optical fiber of a first fiber optic cable into optical signals carried by two or more output optical fibers of at least one second fiber optic cable and for interconnecting the input optical fiber and the output optical fibers, the enclosure comprising:
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a cabinet defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction and an interior compartment;
a cable entry area comprising a cable port in communication with the interior compartment and defining at least one opening therethrough adapted for receiving the first fiber optic cable and the second fiber optic cable;
a cable slack storage area adapted for storing slack lengths of the first fiber optic cable and the second fiber optic;
a fiber splicing area comprising at least one splice tray for splicing the input optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable to a first pigtail and splicing the output optical fibers of the at least one distribution cable to second pigtails; and
a fiber coupling area comprising at least one coupler module for splitting an optical signal carried by the first pigtail into optical signals carried by the second pigtails;
wherein the cable entry area and the cable slack storage area are located in a lower portion of the cabinet and the fiber splicing area and the fiber coupling area are located in an upper portion of the cabinet spaced vertically from the lower portion. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for interconnecting an optical fiber of a feeder cable and at least two optical fibers of a distribution cable, the feeder cable comprising at least one feeder buffer tube comprising the optical fiber of the feeder cable and the distribution cable comprising at least one distribution buffer tube comprising the two optical fibers of the distribution cable, the method comprising:
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providing a cabinet defining an interior compartment and comprising at least one cable entry port, at least one splice tray and at least one coupler module;
routing the feeder cable and the distribution cable through the cable entry port into the interior compartment;
routing the feeder buffer tube of the feeder cable from the cable entry port to the splice tray and routing the distribution buffer tube of the distribution cable from the cable entry port to the splice tray;
splicing the optical fiber of the feeder cable to a feeder pigtail and slicing the optical fibers of the distribution cable to distribution pigtails;
routing the feeder pigtail and the distribution pigtails to the coupler module; and
using the coupler module to split an optical signal carried by the optical fiber of the feeder cable into optical signals carried by the optical fibers of the distribution cable.
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Specification