Patent ID: 9207417
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G02B,H04B,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A cable assembly comprising: at least a first optical fiber extending from a first end to a second end; an active optical module (AOM) attached to the first end of the first optical fiber using a non-connector based connection, the active optical module including an electrical connector, the active optical module configured to convert between electrical signals to/from the electrical connector and optical signals to/from the first end of the first optical fiber, the active optical module including a first storage device that is electrically connected to the electrical connector; and a passive optical connector terminating the second end of the first optical fiber, the passive optical connector including a second storage device and a storage device interface that is electrically connected to the second storage device, wherein the second storage device and the storage device interface are isolated from the optical signals carried over the first optical fiber; wherein the first storage device includes an AOM identifier stored therein identifying the active optical module; wherein the second storage device includes first information stored therein indicating that the first end of the first optical fiber is associated with the AOM identifier; whereby an aggregation point can associate a first port to which the active optical module is inserted with a second port to which the passive optical connector is inserted by determining that the first port has an active optical module inserted therein that is associated with the AOM identifier, and by determining that the second port has a passive optical connector inserted therein that is at the other end of a cable assembly from the active optical module associated with the AOM identifier.