CN204462452U - Stacking-type optical fibre connector device and distribution board system thereof - Google Patents

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CN204462452U
CN204462452U CN201420684820.2U CN201420684820U CN204462452U CN 204462452 U CN204462452 U CN 204462452U CN 201420684820 U CN201420684820 U CN 201420684820U CN 204462452 U CN204462452 U CN 204462452U
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The utility model provides a kind of stacking-type optical fibre connector device, comprising: connection line of optic fibre, pad module, Fiber connection management circuit module, boss module, fiber optic connector module, fibre distribution frame, fiber connector, screw and nut companion module.The utility model provides a kind of joints of optical fibre of optical fiber distributing dish to have simple, the efficient advantage of structure.

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Stacking-type optical fibre connector device and distribution board system thereof
Technical field
The utility model relates to communication technical field, particularly a kind of stacking-type optical fibre connector device and distribution board system thereof.
Background technology
In recent years, along with constantly riseing of telecommunication traffic, government strengthens the dynamics of investment to information infrastructure industry year by year, accelerates information infrastructure building.In order to accelerate to advance telecommunications network, broadcasting and television network and internet " integration of three networks ", various New Communication Technology emerges in multitude, IPization has become the direction of whole communication network evolution, the major impetus that IPTV, 3G, video monitoring equiband require higher business to become optical transfer network and data network to upgrade, thus result in the sharply dilatation of ODF frame supporting in communications equipment room, the network operation of telecom operators is faced with the ODF equipment control problem how administering and maintaining substantial amounts.Meanwhile, along with the fast development of broadband services, the requirement of the public to service quality improves constantly, and the stability of the network operation and security facing unprecedented test and challenge.
At present about supporting that the general access of industry sensing equipment has disclosed some patents.
Be disclose in the Chinese patent application file of " 200410096158.X " a kind ofly to support the universal voip gateway of multiple terminal and the means of communication of gateway and terminal room at one section of application number, this gateway comprises: shared storage, network processing unit, external interface and digital signal processor; Shared storage is used for interim voice data, and network processing unit and digital signal processor carry out exchanges data by it; Network processing unit, for realizing access and the routing function of network, is connected with multiple interface above, by interface, realizes gateway and outside data communication; Digital signal processor realizes the conversion to voice encoding and decoding mode.
Be in the Chinese patent application file of " 200910081609.5 ", disclose a kind of general home network and the interconnected gateway architecture of external network at one section of application number, mainly comprise external network access module, coordinating control module, home network device interface module and information bank, wherein, external network access module is by Xin Lingdaili, agent data and administration agent composition, coordinating control module is by information extraction and fusion device, librarian, implementation controller, signaling adaptation device, data adapter unit and management adapter composition, home network interface module is acted on behalf of by data medium subnet, communication subnet is acted on behalf of, family electronic network agency, equipment is become when information bank is collected, the relevant information such as business and network environment.
Be a kind of home gateway and the method disclosing adapting universal serial bus wireless data card in the Chinese patent application file of " 201010199243.4 " at one section of application number, described method comprises: system drive module, WAN connection management module, driving adaptation module, determine the pattern of USB modem, the Applied layer interface of coupling USB modem drives, and sends to application adaptation module the message driving and mated; Application adaptation module, selects corresponding initialize flow, carries out initialization to the application layer of USB modem, to the message that WAN connection management module transmission initialization completes, carries out network connection by wan interface administration module.
Be in the Chinese patent application file of " 200910238615.7 ", disclose a kind of Service Management middleware based on ESB technology at one section of application number, be mainly used in realizing managing concentratedly Enterprise Information Resources, instead of be applicable to the general access purposes of terminal device.This middleware is between access layer and service layer, comprise interface module, service processing module and performance management module, described interface module is connected with service layer with access layer, receive the request of access of access layer, services request is sent to service layer, receive the service result of service layer, this service result is returned to access layer; Described service processing module, determines the service needing to call according to the request of access of access layer, generate services request, determine according to pre-configured routing rule the service layer receiving this services request, sends services request by interface module to described service layer; Described performance management module, for the situation of record interface module or service processing module process request of access, and exports described situation.
In view of this, for the deficiencies in the prior art, this area needs a kind of low-cost optical fiber distributing frame electrical connector, system and method badly, for the infrastructure of telecommunication, fuse information technology and real-tune TT & C technology, to improve the reliability and stability of telecommunications network operator, realize a kind of real time and on line monitoring of low cost ODF equipment control, alarm, strengthening communication network is monitored and maintenance function in real time.
Utility model content
For above-mentioned technical matters, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a specific admixture Network Mobility coverage detection method, effectively can save the deployment quantity of static node while the covering cavity solving guarded region.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the utility model provides a kind of joints of optical fibre of optical fiber distributing dish, comprise: connection line of optic fibre 1, pad module 2, Fiber connection management circuit module 3, boss module 4, fiber optic connector module 5, fibre distribution frame 6, fiber connector 7, screw and nut companion module 8, wherein: connector modules 5 coordinates with fiber connector 7, the physical location of connector 7 is extended, boss module 4 is fixed on connector modules 5, and boss module 4 contains internal thread to coordinate with connector modules 5, Fiber connection management circuit module 3 is fixed by two boss modules 4, pad module 2 is placed above Fiber connection management circuit module 3 outside fiber optic connector module 5, and adopt screw and nut companion module 8 to complete fixed installation, connection line of optic fibre 1 connects the connectivity port, outside of 2 joints of optical fibre of upper optical fiber distribution board both sides, concerning the joints of optical fibre between these 2 joints of optical fibre, connection line of optic fibre 1 also directly can be connected with the connector of optical fiber distributing dish through the perforate in Fiber connection management circuit module 3.
Further, described Fiber connection management circuit module 3 identifies and port connection management for completing Fiber connection port ID, realize a certain telecommunication optical fiber connecting line 1 of unique identification, when connection line of optic fibre 1 inserts the dish unit port of non-matching, monitoring backstage provides corresponding alarm prompt.
Further, described unique identification a certain telecommunication optical fiber connecting line 1 comprises: adopt and use the code point mode of 0/1 mutually orthogonal sequence to carry out identity information identification, ensured effective identification of different identity information by the orthogonal property between sequence.
Further, the port of the described joints of optical fibre is furnished with LED.
Further, the port of the described joints of optical fibre is equipped with LED to comprise: the universal input/output interface connected by I2C bus, and has bright, goes out, three kinds of states of glimmering.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the utility model additionally provides a kind of fiber optic connector system of optical fiber distributing dish, comprise: the monitoring backstage be connected successively, the network switch, erection rack, wherein: described erection rack comprises the optical fiber distributing dish of the joints of optical fibre that at least two the utility model provide and correspondence thereof, and optical fiber distributing dish is communicated by RS-485 bus.
Further, fiber optic connector system also comprises: rack management module, for collecting the information of all optical fiber interfaces in this frame, is uploaded to monitoring backstage, and by monitoring the order on backstage, performs and operating accordingly.
Further, described rack management module comprises: power supply; Flush bonding processor, it connects power supply; CAN drives, and it connects flush bonding processor; The phy controller of Ethernet, it connects flush bonding processor.
Further, the phy controller of described Ethernet adopts DP83848 type controller, and it has Media Independent Interface.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the utility model additionally provides a kind of assembly method of the joints of optical fibre of optical fiber distributing dish, comprising: step 1, is coordinated with fiber connector 7 by connector modules 5, is extended by the physical location of connector 7; Step 2, is fixed on connector 5 by boss module, adopts screw thread rotation mode, and boss object evades the fiber connector 7 of optical fiber distributing dish and the reason of optical fiber distributing dish cross section containing pitch angle; Step 3, the connector 7 in the left and right sides of optical fiber distributing dish is respectively as step 1 and 2 complete; Step 4, is fixed Fiber connection management circuit module by 2 boss modules of installing in the 3rd step; Step 5, places pad module 2 above Fiber connection management circuit module 3, and adopts screw and nut companion module 8 to complete fixed installation outside fiber optic connector module 5; Step 6, connection line of optic fibre 1 connects the connectivity port, outside of 2 joints of optical fibre of upper optical fiber distribution board both sides, concerning the joints of optical fibre between these 2 joints of optical fibre, connection line of optic fibre 1 also directly can be connected with the connector of optical fiber distributing dish through the perforate in Fiber connection management circuit module 3.
The fibre distribution frame management system that the utility model provides is mainly through designing a kind of simple, efficient connector, two side-connectors on optical fiber distributing dish are extended out, and design Fiber connection management circuit module and realize Fiber connection status real time monitor, and Monitoring Data can be delivered to monitoring backstage, thus complete optical fiber distributing dish is carried out comprehensively, real-time management.By the structure of the fibre distribution frame management system of the electrical connector that the utility model proposes and correspondence, the connection of fibre circuit, distribution and scheduling can be realized easily, improve the service efficiency of fiber resource, reduce networking and the O&M cost of telecom operators simultaneously.
The aspect that the utility model is additional and advantage will part provide in the following description, and these will become obvious from the following description, or be recognized by practice of the present utility model.
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Fig. 1 illustrates the structural representation of the joints of optical fibre of a kind of optical fiber distributing dish that the utility model provides;
Fig. 2 illustrates the annexation figure of each parts of the joints of optical fibre of a kind of optical fiber distributing dish that the utility model provides;
Fig. 3 illustrates the structural representation of the fiber optic connector system of a kind of optical fiber distributing dish that the utility model provides;
Fig. 4 illustrates the administration module functional block diagram schematic diagram in the joints of optical fibre of a kind of optical fiber distributing dish that the utility model provides.
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Be described below in detail embodiment of the present utility model, the example of described embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein same or similar label represents same or similar element or has element that is identical or similar functions from start to finish.Being exemplary below by the embodiment be described with reference to the drawings, only for explaining the utility model, and can not being interpreted as restriction of the present utility model.
Those skilled in the art of the present technique are appreciated that unless otherwise defined, and all terms used herein (comprising technical term and scientific terminology) have the meaning identical with the general understanding of the those of ordinary skill in field belonging to the utility model.Should also be understood that those terms defined in such as general dictionary should be understood to have the meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of prior art, unless and define as here, can not explain by idealized or too formal implication.
Fig. 1 illustrates the structural representation of the joints of optical fibre of a kind of optical fiber distributing dish that the utility model provides.As shown in Figure 1, in order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the utility model provides a kind of joints of optical fibre of optical fiber distributing dish, comprise: connection line of optic fibre 1, pad module 2, Fiber connection management circuit module 3, boss module 4, fiber optic connector module 5, fibre distribution frame 6, fiber connector 7, screw and nut companion module 8, wherein: connector modules 5 coordinates with fiber connector 7, the physical location of connector 7 is extended, boss module 4 is fixed on connector 5, and boss module 4 contains internal thread to coordinate with connector modules 5, Fiber connection management circuit module 3 is fixed by two boss modules 4, pad module 2 is placed above Fiber connection management circuit module 3 outside fiber optic connector module 5, and adopt screw and nut companion module 8 to complete fixed installation, connection line of optic fibre 1 connects the connectivity port, outside of 2 joints of optical fibre of upper optical fiber distribution board both sides, concerning the joints of optical fibre between these 2 joints of optical fibre, connection line of optic fibre 1 also directly can be connected with the connector of optical fiber distributing dish through the perforate in Fiber connection management circuit module 3.
Fig. 2 illustrates the annexation figure of each parts of the joints of optical fibre of a kind of optical fiber distributing dish that the utility model provides.As shown in Figure 2, described Fiber connection management circuit module 3 identifies and port connection management for completing Fiber connection port ID, realize a certain telecommunication optical fiber connecting line 1 of unique identification, when connection line of optic fibre 1 inserts the dish unit port of non-matching, monitoring backstage provides corresponding alarm prompt.Described unique identification a certain telecommunication optical fiber connecting line 1 comprises: adopt and use the code point mode of 0/1 mutually orthogonal sequence to carry out identity information identification, ensured effective identification of different identity information by the orthogonal property between sequence.The port of the described joints of optical fibre is furnished with LED.The port of the described joints of optical fibre is equipped with LED to comprise: the universal input/output interface connected by I2C bus, and has bright, goes out, three kinds of states of glimmering.
Further, described Fiber connection management circuit module 3 identifies and port connection management for completing Fiber connection port ID, realize a certain telecommunication optical fiber connecting line 1 of unique identification, when connection line of optic fibre 1 inserts the dish unit port of non-matching, monitoring backstage provides corresponding alarm prompt.
Further, described unique identification a certain telecommunication optical fiber connecting line 1 comprises: adopt and use the code point mode of 0/1 mutually orthogonal sequence to carry out identity information identification, ensured effective identification of different identity information by the orthogonal property between sequence.
Further, the port of the described joints of optical fibre is furnished with LED.
Fig. 3 illustrates the structural representation of the fiber optic connector system of a kind of optical fiber distributing dish that the utility model provides.As shown in Figure 3, the utility model additionally provides a kind of fiber optic connector system of optical fiber distributing dish, comprise: the monitoring backstage be connected successively, the network switch, erection rack, wherein: described erection rack comprises the optical fiber distributing dish of the joints of optical fibre that at least two the utility model provide and correspondence thereof, and optical fiber distributing dish is communicated by RS-485 bus.
Fig. 4 illustrates the administration module functional block diagram schematic diagram in the joints of optical fibre of a kind of optical fiber distributing dish that the utility model provides.As shown in Figure 4, fiber optic connector system also comprises: rack management module, for collecting the information of all optical fiber interfaces in this frame, is uploaded to monitoring backstage, and by monitoring the order on backstage, performs and operating accordingly.Described rack management module comprises: power supply; Flush bonding processor, it connects power supply; CAN drives, and it connects flush bonding processor; The phy controller of Ethernet, it connects flush bonding processor.The phy controller of described Ethernet adopts DP83848 type controller, and it has Media Independent Interface.
The management work platform on monitoring backstage is the interactive interface of user and system, and by this interface, user directly can inquire about Fiber connection management related information under the authority preset; This interface is responsible for Fiber connection state simultaneously and is shown in real time, abnormal alarm with the statistic of classification function of historical record, and the generation of non-comprehensive analysis classes form with check; The self-defined inquiry that can realize based on time, personnel, facility information etc. is added up.As shown in the table:
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the utility model additionally provides a kind of assembly method of the joints of optical fibre of optical fiber distributing dish, comprising: step 1, is coordinated with fiber connector 7 by connector modules 5, is extended by the physical location of connector 7; Step 2, is fixed on connector 5 by boss module, adopts screw thread rotation mode, and boss object evades the fiber connector 7 of optical fiber distributing dish and the reason of optical fiber distributing dish cross section containing pitch angle; Step 3, the connector 7 in the left and right sides of optical fiber distributing dish is respectively as step 1 and 2 complete; Step 4, is fixed Fiber connection management circuit module by 2 boss modules of installing in the 3rd step; Step 5, places pad module 2 above Fiber connection management circuit module 3, and adopts screw and nut companion module 8 to complete fixed installation outside fiber optic connector module 5; Step 6, connection line of optic fibre 1 connects the connectivity port, outside of 2 joints of optical fibre of upper optical fiber distribution board both sides, concerning the joints of optical fibre between these 2 joints of optical fibre, connection line of optic fibre 1 also directly can be connected with the connector of optical fiber distributing dish through the perforate in Fiber connection management circuit module 3.
Innovation of the present utility model is as follows: 1, fibre distribution frame management system is mainly through designing a kind of simple, efficient connector, two side-connectors on optical fiber distributing dish are extended out, and design Fiber connection management circuit module and realize Fiber connection status real time monitor, and Monitoring Data can be delivered to monitoring backstage, thus complete optical fiber distributing dish is carried out comprehensively, real-time management; 2, by the structure of the fibre distribution frame management system of the electrical connector that the utility model proposes and correspondence, the connection of fibre circuit, distribution and scheduling can be realized easily, improve the service efficiency of fiber resource, reduce networking and the O&M cost of telecom operators simultaneously.
Those skilled in the art of the present technique are appreciated that various operations, method, the step in flow process, measure, the scheme discussed in the utility model can be replaced, changes, combines or delete.Further, there is various operations, method, other steps in flow process, measure, the scheme discussed in the utility model also can be replaced, change, reset, decompose, combine or delete.Further, of the prior art have also can be replaced with the step in operation various disclosed in the utility model, method, flow process, measure, scheme, changed, reset, decomposed, combined or deleted.The above is only some embodiments of the present utility model; it should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the prerequisite not departing from the utility model principle; can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications also should be considered as protection domain of the present utility model.

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1. a stacking-type optical fibre connector device, is characterized in that, comprising:
Connection line of optic fibre (1), pad module (2), Fiber connection management circuit module (3), boss module (4), fiber optic connector module (5), fibre distribution frame (6), fiber connector (7), screw and nut companion module (8), wherein: fiber optic connector module (5) coordinates with fiber connector (7), the physical location of connector (7) is extended, boss module (4) is fixed on fiber optic connector module (5), and boss module (4) containing internal thread to coordinate with fiber optic connector module (5), Fiber connection management circuit module (3) is fixed by two boss modules (4), fiber optic connector module (5) outside and Fiber connection management circuit module (3) top place pad module (2), and adopt screw and nut companion module (8) to complete fixed installation, the connectivity port, outside of 2 joints of optical fibre of optical fiber distribution board both sides in connection line of optic fibre (1) connection, concerning the joints of optical fibre between these 2 joints of optical fibre, connection line of optic fibre (1) also directly can be connected with the connector of optical fiber distributing dish through the perforate in Fiber connection management circuit module (3).
2. stacking-type optical fibre connector device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described Fiber connection management circuit module (3) identifies and port connection management for completing Fiber connection port ID, realize a certain telecommunication optical fiber connecting line (1) of unique identification, when connection line of optic fibre (1) inserts the dish unit port of non-matching, monitoring backstage provides corresponding alarm prompt.
3. stacking-type optical fibre connector device according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the port of the described joints of optical fibre is furnished with LED.
4. stacking-type optical fibre connector device according to claim 3, is characterized in that, the port of the described joints of optical fibre is equipped with LED to comprise: the universal input/output interface connected by I2C bus, and have bright, go out, three kinds of states of glimmering.
5. a distribution board system for stacking-type optical fibre connector device, is characterized in that, comprising:
The monitoring backstage be connected successively, the network switch, erection rack, wherein:
Described erection rack comprises the optical fiber distributing dish of at least two joints of optical fibre as described in claim 1-4 and correspondence thereof, and optical fiber distributing dish is communicated by RS-485 bus.
6. distribution board system according to claim 5, is characterized in that, also comprise: rack management module, for collecting the information of all optical fiber interfaces in this frame, is uploaded to monitoring backstage, and by monitoring the order on backstage, performs and operating accordingly.
7. distribution board system according to claim 6, is characterized in that, described rack management module comprises:
Power supply;
Flush bonding processor, it connects power supply;
CAN drives, and it connects flush bonding processor;
The phy controller of Ethernet, it connects flush bonding processor.
8. distribution board system according to claim 7, is characterized in that, the phy controller of described Ethernet adopts DP83848 type controller, and it has Media Independent Interface.
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