Patent ID: 8150227
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A composite fiber optic cable including conductive elements for transferring tracing signals separately from fiber optic transmissions to enable identification at a transmission site of end connections at spatially separated remote sites, comprising: a fiber optic cable connection including a flexible jacket extending between the transmission site and a remote site, the flexible jacket including at least one internal plenum, and at least one external, concave surface channel disposed along its length and configured for receiving a conductive element having a known thickness, the known thickness selected such that the conductive element does not protrude beyond the least one external concave channel; at least one coated optical fiber element in the internal plenum of the fiber jacket and extending along its length between the transmission and remote sites, and at least one electrically conductive element embedded in the at least one external, concave surface channel of the flexible jacket substantially along its length, the at least one conductive element having the known thickness and including a conductive surface externally accessible within the surface channel, wherein an electromagnetic radiation signal on the at least one conductive element from a first location along the length of the fiber optic cable is externally detectable at a second location along the length of the cable.