Patent ID: 11960135
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An indexing component comprising:
a first multi-fiber connection location;
a second multi-fiber connection location;
a plurality of optical fibers extending between opposite first and second ends, the first ends being disposed at the first multi-fiber connection location, the optical fibers including a first drop fiber and a plurality of indexed fibers, the second end of the first drop fiber being optically connected to an input of a passive optical splitter, the passive optical splitter having outputs optically connected to first single-fiber adapter ports, the second ends of the indexed fibers being terminated at the second multi-fiber connection location; and
a second drop fiber terminated at the second multi-fiber connection location that is optically connected to a first single-fiber adapter port, the passive optical splitter being optically isolated from the second multi-fiber connection location.