Patent ID: 7020359

Claim:
An optical communication system, comprising: a plurality of fiber optic conductors each having a first end and a second end providing an optical communication path therebetween, said first ends of said plurality of fiber optic conductors being separated into at least a first group and a second group, said first ends of said fiber optic conductors in said first group being arranged in a first set of fiber optic ports within an MTP connector, said first ends of said fiber optic conductors in said second group being arranged in a second set of fiber optic ports within said MTP connector; a first optical communication module having a plurality of optoelectronic devices thereon, said plurality of optoelectronic devices being configured into at least a first and second array adjacent an MTP connector port, wherein said MTP connector is received into said MTP connector port with said first end of each of said fiber optic conductors in said first group is coupled to one of each of said plurality of optoelectronic devices in said first array and said first end of each of said fiber optic conductors in said second group is coupled to one of each of said plurality of optoelectronic devices in said second array, and wherein each optoelectronic device and each of said coupled fibers form individual signal independent optical communication paths; and a control device in communication with each of said optoelectronic devices in said first and second arrays of optoelectronic devices, said control device capable of controlling each of said optoelectronic devices separately and independently relative to one another.