Patent ID: 9113236
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H01R,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A physical layer management system for an Ethernet system utilizing patch cords, each patch cord having a connector on each end and containing four pairs of conductors comprising: a first Ethernet outlet, the first Ethernet outlet comprising an radio frequency identification (RFID) transceiver configured to receive and transmit signals over at least one super-pair of conductors of the patch-cord via antennas located on the connectors; and a second Ethernet outlet, the second Ethernet outlet comprising an RFID tag integrated circuit (IC) configured to send and receive signals over at least one super-pair of conductors of the patch-cord via antennas located on the connectors, wherein a super-pair is defined as two twisted-pairs of conductors of the patch cord, each twisted-pair being a twisted-pair normally used in a differential-mode manner in Ethernet signal communications and further wherein the two twisted pairs of the super-pair are used in a common-mode manner in order to form a super-pair.