Port Mapping via Remapped Identification Numbers
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Solution Overview
Problem
In telecommunications networks, manually entering location information for network components is necessary, even for intelligent equipment that can be automatically discovered, as they are not aware of their location, leading to inefficiencies in physical layer management systems.
Innovation Solution
A system with modules and ports that use remapped port identification numbers, managed by a master controller and a management entity, to uniquely identify ports across multiple adapter packs, allowing automatic detection of module rotation and location-based port renumbering for unified presentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If intelligent equipment with automatic discovery capability is used, then device identification and discovery efficiency are improved, but location information accuracy deteriorates because equipment cannot determine its own location
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management entity as an intermediary that maintains a database mapping device identifiers to location information. When equipment is automatically discovered, the management entity resolves the location information based on the device identifier, thereby solving the contradiction between automatic discovery efficiency and location information accuracy.
2Measurement precision
If manual location information entry is required, then location information accuracy is improved, but operational complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic location information acquisition through the management entity that maintains the identifier-location mapping database. This eliminates the need for manual location entry while preserving location information accuracy, thereby reducing operational complexity and time consumption.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple adapter packs with independently numbered ports are used, then device scalability is improved, but port identification complexity increases due to non-sequential numbering
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies port remapping that transforms the original port identification numbers into remapped port identification numbers based on the adapter pack's position in the chassis. This maintains the scalability of using multiple independently numbered adapter packs while simplifying port identification through sequential numbering in the unified view.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for detecting component rotation within a communication assembly are provided. In certain embodiments, a system includes a plurality of modules; and a plurality of ports installed in each module in the plurality of modules, each port being associated with a port identification number, wherein port identification numbers for the plurality of ports are independently numbered from the port identification numbers for at least one other module in the plurality of modules. The system also includes a management entity configured to identify the ports on the plurality of modules, wherein the management entity uses remapped port identification numbers to identify the ports, wherein each remapped port identification number associated with each port in the plurality of modules is unique.