Patent ID: 11956020
Assignee: II-VI DELAWARE, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A method to exchange interface signals associated with an electro-optical transceiver interface, the method comprising:
designating one of a plurality of contacts of a connector for a first set of the interface signals, and designating a remaining set of the contacts for a second set of the interface signals, the contacts corresponding in number to a number of contacts used on a connector for the electro-optical transceiver interface;
detecting distinct tones received via the designated one of a plurality of contacts and generating electrical signals from the distinct tones indicative of the first set of the interface signals; and
exchanging the second set of the interface signals over the electro-optical transceiver interface via the remaining set of the contacts.