Patent ID: 6061492
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
In an optical fiber telecommunications network, a method of interposing a readily rearrangeable interconnection point between a first fiber cable and a second fiber cable, comprising the steps of:(a) routing an end of the first fiber cable to a panel, the first fiber cable having a plurality of first fiber complements and each first fiber complement having a plurality of first fibers;(b) routing a series of subsets of the plurality of first fiber complements to a corresponding series of trays mounted on the panel;(c) routing the first fibers of each subset to joint locations in the subset's respective tray;(d) routing an end of the second fiber cable to the panel, the second fiber cable having a plurality of second fiber complements and each second fiber complement having a plurality of second fibers;(e) fanning out the second fibers from the second fiber complements to create equal length fanout tubes containing at least one fiber;(f) routing at least a first portion of the fanout tubes to the series of trays;(g) routing the second fibers in the first portion of fanout tubes to joint locations in the tray;(h) joining the first portion of the second fibers to corresponding first fibers to create fiber joints; and(i) locating the fiber joints in the trays.