Patent ID: 8100588

Claim:
A method for providing optical communications, the method comprising: providing a duplex optical connector having a housing configured to be secured to a duplex SFP optical transceiver module; securing a first end of a first optical fiber cable to the duplex optical connector, the first end of the first optical fiber cable having a first ferrule thereon that surrounds a first end of a first optical fiber of the first optical fiber cable; securing a first end of a second optical fiber cable to the duplex optical connector, the first end of the second optical fiber cable having a second ferrule thereon that surrounds a first end of a second optical fiber of the second optical fiber cable; providing a small form factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceiver module having a C-shaped opening therein, the C-shaped opening being defined on upper and lower portions of the C-shaped opening by upper and lower flexible retaining elements, respectively, configured to receive and retain the duplex optical connector; and connecting the duplex optical connector to the SFP optical transceiver module.