WDM systems and methods

• US 7,302,149 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2004
• Issued: 11/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Miller, Jennifer L., Swam, Steven M., Dorenkamp, James A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Font; Frank G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hughes; James P.
• Application Number:
  US10/938,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20060051044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• Field of Search: 385/135, 385/139, 385/132
• US Class Current: 385/134
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4452 Distribution frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/44526 Panels or rackmounts covering a whole width of the frame or rack
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/44528 Patch-cords; Connector arrangements in the system or in the box routing arrangements H04Q1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4453 Cassettes
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/02 Wavelength-division multiplex systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/023 using sliding mechanisms for accessing the interior of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/062 vertical management arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/064 horizontal management arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2201/10 Housing details
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2201/12 Printed circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2201/804 in optical transmission systems

Abstract

A WDM optical system including a media converter module including a plurality of converter cards, each converter card being configured to convert a native signal into an optical signal. The system also includes a panel bracket having an opening and a plurality of fingers, and a cable management panel including a drawer having an interior space. The cable management panel includes a splitter/combiner module mounted in the interior space, and the cable management panel is positioned in the opening of the panel bracket so that a space is defined between the cable management panel and the media converter module.

Claims

1. A WDM optical system comprising:

a media converter module including a plurality of converter cards, each converter card being configured to convert a native signal into an optical signal;

a panel bracket defining an opening and a plurality of fingers;

a cable management panel including a drawer defining an interior space, wherein the cable management panel includes a splitter/combiner module mounted in the interior space, and wherein the cable management panel is positioned in the opening of the panel bracket so that a space is defined between the cable management panel and the media converter module, and wherein the drawer includes at least one take-up mechanism; and

at least one bracket configured to couple the media converter module to a rack in a horizontally offset position;

wherein cables coupling the media converter module to the splitter/combiner module extend vertically downward through the fingers, horizontally across a top surface of the cable management panel, and into the drawer through the take-up mechanism.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the opening is defined in approximately a central portion of a main body of the panel bracket.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the panel bracket has a height of approximately two rack units, and the opening has a height of approximately one rack unit.

4. A WDM optical system comprising:

a media converter module including a plurality of converter cards, each converter card being configured to convert a native signal into an optical signal;

a panel bracket defining an opening and a plurality of fingers; and

a cable management panel including a drawer defining an interior space, wherein the cable management panel includes a splitter/combiner module mounted in the interior space, wherein the cable management panel is positioned in the opening of the panel bracket so that a space is defined between the cable management panel and the media converter module, and wherein the drawer includes at least one take-up mechanism;

wherein cables coupling the media converter module to the splitter/combiner module extend vertically downward through the fingers, horizontally across a top surface of the cable management panel, and into the drawer through the take-up mechanisms.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising two brackets configured to couple the media converter module to a rack in a horizontally offset position.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the opening is defined in approximately a central portion of a main body of the panel bracket.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the panel bracket has a height of approximately two rack units, and the opening has a height of approximately one rack unit.

8. A WDM optical system comprising:

a media converter module including a plurality of converter cards, each converter card being configured to convert a native signal into an optical signal;

a panel bracket defining an opening and including cable management members; and

a cable management panel including a drawer defining an interior space, the cable management panel including a splitter/combiner module mounted in the interior space,

wherein the panel bracket is located below the media converter;

wherein the cable management panel is positioned in the opening of the panel bracket so that a vertical space is defined between the cable management panel and the media converter module; and

wherein cables coupling the media converter module to the splitter/combiner module extend vertically downward through the cable management members and into the drawer.