Patent ID: 9742696
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H01R,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: when a channel has been certified as complying with at least one channel specification: wherein the channel is implemented using a connection assembly comprising a plurality of ports, each port comprising a respective front side configured to terminate a respective patching connection at the port and a respective rear side configured to terminate a respective non-patching connection at the port, wherein the port is configured to communicatively couple the respective patching connection to the respective non-patching connection; wherein the at least one cable is used to make a first patching connection used to implement the channel, the first patching connecting terminating at the front side of a first one of the ports of the connection assembly; wherein the at least one permanent link is used to make a first non-patching connection used to implement the channel, the first non-patching connection terminating at the rear side of the first one of the ports of the connection assembly; wherein the first one of the ports of the connection assembly communicatively couples the first non-patching connection to the first patching connection; and wherein the first non-patching connection is separate from the first patching connection.