Patent ID: 9482840
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. A fiber optic cable assembly, comprising: a fiber optic cable having a plurality of optical fibers disposed therein between a first end and a second end of the fiber optic cable; a first connector having a first plurality of ports arranged in a predetermined port configuration having a plurality of port positions, the connector terminating the plurality of optical fibers on the first end of the fiber optic cable according to a first optical fiber port mapping scheme consisting of a first subset of the plurality of port positions of the predetermined port configuration, wherein the plurality of optical fibers disposed on the second end of the fiber optic cable are configured to be connected at the second end of the fiber optic cable to a second plurality of ports arranged in the same predetermined port configuration as the first plurality of ports, according to a second optical fiber port mapping scheme consisting of a second subset of the plurality of port positions of the predetermined port configuration different from the first subset of the plurality of port positions of the predetermined port configuration; and a second connector having the predetermined port configuration terminating the plurality of optical fibers on the second end of the fiber optic cable according to the second optical fiber port mapping scheme, wherein: