Patent ID: 11962955
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 20:
21. A connector panel, the panel comprising:
a panel communications unit communicatively coupled to a network; and
at least one modular port adapter assembly comprising:
a plurality of communications couplers; and
a plurality of port occupancy sensors each coupled to a sensor circuit, wherein each of the plurality of port occupancy sensors are configured to sense when one or more of the plurality of communications couplers are occupied by a connector for a segment of physical communications media;

wherein the panel communications unit is configured to obtain from the sensor circuit which of the plurality of communications couplers are occupied;
wherein the panel communications unit communicates to a gateway via the network, port occupancy information indicating circuit which of the plurality of communications couplers are occupied;
a chassis including sidewalls extending between a front and a rear to define an interior, the chassis including guides, the guides extending in a forward-rearward direction; and
a plurality of blades mounted to the guides of the chassis, each blade including a midplane bus assembly configured to communicatively couple the sensor circuit to the panel communication unit.