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1. A method for reconfiguration of an optical fiber distribution system,
where, when an optical connection is to be established, the method comprises the step of: moving an optical connector, said connector terminating an end of a connectorized fiber cable, from a storage adapter to a source/destination adapter, said source/destination adapter either being adapted to terminate an incoming optical fiber cable or being adapted to terminate an outgoing optical fiber cable and also being adapted to receive and provide optical connection to an optical connector, and said storage adapter being adapted to store an optical connector, and where, when an optical connection is to be terminated, the method further comprises the step of: moving an optical connector, said connector terminating an end of a connectorized fiber cable, from a source/destination adapter to a parking adapter, said parking adapter being adapted to park an optical connector, where each storage adapter, parking adapter and source/destination adapter is positioned in at least one patch panel, and where the storage adapters are of a first type of adapters and the parking adapters are of another type of adapters, the method further comprising moving a third optical connector, from a first storage adapter in a plurality of subsets of storage adapters, to a source/destination adapter in a first subset of a plurality of subsets of source/destination adapters, said subsets of source/destination adapters and storage adapters being comprised in the at least one patch panel, the third optical connector being adapted to terminate a first end of a second connectorized fiber cable wherein the subset of storage adapters are positioned so that an optical connector can be moved from the storage adapter to any of the subsets of source/destination adapters, and moving a first optical connector, connected to a source/destination adapter in the plurality of subsets of source/destination adapters, from the source/destination adapter to a first parking adapter in a first subset of a plurality of subset of parking adapters, said subsets of parking adapters being comprised in the at least one patch panel, the first optical connector being adapted to terminate a first end of a first connectorized fiber cable, where each respective subset of parking adapters is positioned at a predetermined distance from the respective subset of adapters. |
