MediaLink Interconnection Box

摘要

Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing MediaLink Interconnection Boxes (“MIBs”). In some embodiments, a plurality of MediaLink Interconnection Boxes (“MIBs”) or media interconnection devices, which may be disposed throughout a recreational vehicle (“RV”) park or other bulk service provider application sites, or the like, may serve as demarcation units designed to each provide an accessible indoor or outdoor interface where long-term or temporary/transient customers can directly connect to land line service (e.g., POTS service), video or television service, and/or Ethernet or Internet services provided by one or more service providers. Fiber-to-Drop-Point (“FTDP”) and/or point-to-point fiber insertion within a passive optical network (“PON”) communications system may be implemented using apical conduit systems in conjunction with the MIBs. Alternatively, traditional ground-based or buried line interconnections (or a combination of the apical conduit system and such traditional interconnections) may be implemented in conjunction with the MIBs.

主权项

1. A media interconnection device, comprising:
a waterproof and weather-resistant container comprising an external housing and an external lid; an inner compartment disposed within the external housing, the inner compartment comprising an inner lid; a first set of media connectors disposed within the external housing, the first set of media connectors comprising a first set of output ports; a second set of media connectors disposed within the external housing, the second set of media connectors comprising a second set of output ports; and a set of input cables disposed within the inner compartment and communicatively coupled to each of the first set of media connectors and the second set of media connectors, wherein the first set of media connectors and the second set of media connectors are demarcation points between one or more service provider networks and at least two separate customer networks communicatively coupled to the first set of output ports and the second set of output ports, respectively.