Patent ID: 8655135
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for accommodating an interconnection between a network and service equipment in the form of a spliced fiber made by splicing a network fiber associated with the network and a service equipment fiber associated with one of a plurality of service equipment, comprising: network cable receiving means for receiving a network cable of the network, each network cable including a plurality of network fibers; service equipment fiber receiving means for receiving a service equipment fiber of the service equipment; a spliced fiber store for storing spliced fibers comprising the service equipment fiber spliced with a selected one of the plurality of network fibers, the spliced fiber store comprising a plurality of shelves, each shelf comprising a plurality of fiber trays; and an un-spliced network fiber store for storing unselected ones of the plurality of network fibers remotely from the spliced fiber store, the un-spliced network fiber store being located at an end of each of the plurality of shelves.