Patent ID: 8992260
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H01R,H04Q,H05K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector arrangement comprising: a plug defining a first plurality of slots and a second plurality of slots, the first plurality of slots being separate from the second plurality of slots, the first and second pluralities of slots being accessible from an exterior of the plug; a plurality of first contacts located in the plug and accessible through the first plurality of slots, the first contacts being electrically connected to conductors of an electrical segment of communications media terminated at the plug; a plurality of second contacts located in the plug and accessible through the second plurality of slots; and a storage device mounted within the plug, the storage device being electrically connected to the second contacts, the storage device being configured to store physical layer information pertaining to the connector arrangement or the electrical segment of communications media.