SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CROSS CONNECTIONS OF TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES

摘要

A system and method for determining a current cross connection between a plurality of pairs of telecommunication cables, each pair of cables interconnected by a cross connect cable. The system comprises a plurality of monitoring ports, wherein each of the monitoring ports corresponds to a predetermined one of the cables, a plurality of monitoring cables, each of the monitoring cables interconnected between a different pair of monitoring ports, wherein each one of the monitoring port pair corresponds to one of a pair of interconnected cables and a controller coupled to each of the monitoring ports for periodically transmitting a monitoring signal, wherein when the transmitted signal is received by one the monitoring ports, the controller correlates the signal transmitting port with the signal receiving port. The monitoring ports are mounted in an assembly separate from the telecommunication cables.