Patent Document ID: 9325604
Application ID: 14211505
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A fiber shuffle device configured to implement connectivity for a chordal ring network, the fiber shuffle device comprising: a housing that includes a connector panel; a plurality of optical connectors mounted to the connector panel, each optical connector being operative to receive an optical cable connection, the plurality of optical connectors comprising optical connectors being identified with an optical node group and optical connectors being identified with an expansion group, each of the optical connectors in the optical node group and the expansion group being associated with a first or a second topology direction; a first plurality of optical fibers, each fiber of the first plurality of optical fibers coupling an optical connector in the optical node group to an optical connector in the expansion group such that at least some of the optical connectors in the optical node group that are associated with the first topology direction are coupled via optical fibers to optical connectors in the expansion group that are associated with the second topology direction; and a second plurality of optical fibers, each fiber of the second plurality of optical fibers coupling an optical connector in the optical node group to another optical connector in the optical node group such that at least some of the optical connectors in the optical node group that are associated with the first topology direction are coupled via optical fibers to optical connectors in the optical node group that are associated with the second topology direction, wherein the first plurality of optical fibers and the second plurality of optical fibers are internal connections within the housing.