Patent ID: 8094675

Claim:
A router for routing network data through a network, the router comprising: a modular end cap assembly which includes an end cap, a wiring card disposed in the end cap assembly and having an interposer board, the end cap assembly comprising a plurality of connectors that are used for passing network transmissions of different types and are coupled to a face of the end cap using apertures included in the face of the end cap, the connectors being further coupled to the wiring card using connector adaptors included in the wiring card for routing all network transmissions such that all network transmissions passing through the connectors are routed to the interposer board; a modular mobile interface card (MIC) stack assembly that is distinct from the modular end cap assembly, and which includes a wiring board, the modular MIC stack assembly receiving all network transmissions from the connectors and rerouting the network transmissions back out of the connectors for transmission to other network devices; and the wiring board being coupled to the interposer board disposed in the wiring card and the coupling forming a only data link between the modular end cap assembly and the modular MIC stack assembly such that all network transmissions passing between the connectors and the modular MIC stack assembly are routed through the wiring board and the interposer board, the wiring board and the modular MIC stack assembly being common for multiple deployment scenarios of the router.