Patent ID: 7629893

Claim:
Arrangement for monitoring patch fields ( 10 ) at distribution points in data networks, comprising: patch cables ( 20 ) which are insertable by use of plugs ( 21 ) into connections ( 11 ) in the patch fields ( 10 ), wherein both plugs ( 21 ) of each patch cable ( 20 ) are each provided with a transponder ( 22 ); a device ( 15 ) which is arranged in front of or in the proximity of one of the patch fields ( 10 ) with its connections, wherein the device ( 15 ) is provided with readers ( 12 ) having reader coils ( 13 ), wherein the readers ( 12 ) are in data communication with an evaluation unit ( 30 ), characterized in that, the device ( 15 ) is provided with a plurality of reader coils ( 13 ), the number of which exceeds the number of connections ( 11 ) in the patch field ( 10 ), and the reader coils ( 13 ) are each controllable independently from the other reader coils ( 13 ) by a read electronic ( 17 ) comprising one or more readers ( 12 ).