Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

[joel jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

On 12/10/14 4:33 PM, Phil Bedard wrote:
> Curious what the use case is where a photonic or L1 switch wouldn't get 
> the job done?  
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> With the robotic system you still need to wire everything up so it's 
> available to be xconnected.  

We've done electromechanical cross connect termination before on a very
large scale.

http://www.siemens.com/history/pool/newsarchiv/newsmeldungen/20110403_bild_3_fernsprechamt_muenchen-schwabing_458px.jpg

those systems typically don't have the capacity to connect 100% of the
edges at once.

> FiberZone was another vendor who made robotic patch panels, but I'm not 
> sure they are around anymore. 
their website is still there, I've never seen an AFM live.
> Interesting also Verizon has a patent on automated patch panels, but using 
> very specific mechanics.  
>
> https://www.google.com/patents/US8175425
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> Phil 
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> On 12/9/14, 11:51 PM, "Arnold Nipper" <arnold () nipper de> wrote:
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> > Am 2014-12-10 00:36, schrieb Andrew Jones:
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> > > http://www.laser2000.de/out/media/glimmerglass_system_100%281%29.pdf
> > Thank you, Andrew ... while Glimmerglass is really an exciting and
> > excdellent system, these devices are exactly those photonic cross
> > connects I'm _not_ looking for :9
> >
> > > On 10.12.2014 10:21, Arnold Nipper wrote:
> > > > I'm looking for a modular, cost-effective automatic / intelligent fibre
> > > > optic patch panel.
> > > >
> > > > I'm not looking at these photonic x-connects, but really for something
> > > > which does the patching instead of a technician.
> >
> > Arnold
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> > Arnold Nipper / nIPper consulting, Sandhausen, Germany
> > email: arnold () nipper de      phone: +49 6224 5593407 2
> > mobile: +49 172 2650958      fax:   +49 6224 5593407 9

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