Patent ID: 9429724
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. A network interconnect for connecting with a connector, comprising a first physical interface connector and a second physical interface connector, each physical interface connector comprising a housing having a first physical connection interface and a second physical connection interface, the first physical interface connector comprising a first circuit component that provides a first network signal processing function in addition to transceiver-related functions for a signal passing along the first physical connection interface of the first physical interface connector module; the second physical interface connector comprising a second circuit component that provides a second network signal processing function in addition to transceiver-related functions for a signal outputted from the first physical interface connector; and the first physical connection interface of the second physical connector being physically connected to the second physical connection interface of the first physical connector, thereby defining a common connection interface between the first and second physical interface connectors, wherein the network interconnect is adapted to implement a plurality of different network signal processing functions in addition to transceiver-related functions by plugging a plurality of the first and second physical interface connectors together in a cascade manner.