Smart Pole Assembly Connectivity With Modular Cabling
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Solution Overview
Problem
The rapid evolution of wireless communication technologies requires frequent upgrades to existing hardware, leading to time and labor-intensive changes in component-specific cabling, necessitating a flexible system design to maintain compatibility.
Innovation Solution
A smart pole assembly network featuring interconnected smart pole assemblies with a hollow interior, connectorized vertical cabling, and a data-communications module, including a metro cell radio/antenna station, AC to DC rectifier, and connectorized fiber optic, DC power, and Category 6 cables, allowing for plug-and-play connectivity and easy installation/removal of components without replacing entire cabling runs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If component-specific cabling is used for wireless communication upgrades, then technology compatibility is improved, but installation time and labor requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universal connectorized cabling infrastructure that can support multiple wireless communication technologies and standards. The vertical cabling structures with standardized connectors enable different communication modules (cellular, PCS, mobile radio) to be installed using the same cabling pathway, eliminating the need for technology-specific cabling runs and reducing installation time while maintaining compatibility across evolving wireless standards.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent pre-installs connectorized vertical cabling structures through the hollow pole interiors during initial pole deployment. This preliminary cabling action creates ready-to-use pathways that allow future wireless communication upgrades to be performed by simply connecting modules to existing connectors, rather than installing new cabling runs for each technology upgrade, thereby significantly reducing installation time and labor.
2Adaptability or versatility
If component-specific cabling is used for wireless communication upgrades, then technology compatibility is improved, but labor requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The universal connectorized cabling system allows a single cabling infrastructure to support multiple wireless communication technologies. Installers can upgrade from one wireless standard to another using the same cabling pathways and connector types, eliminating the need for specialized cabling installation skills for each technology and reducing overall labor requirements while maintaining broad technology compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the cabling system into modular connectorized sections that can be independently connected and disconnected. This segmentation allows installers to work with small, manageable cable segments rather than entire cabling runs, making installation and upgrades simpler and less labor-intensive while maintaining compatibility across different wireless technologies through standardized connector interfaces.
3Device complexity
If traditional cabling runs are used for smart pole assemblies, then structural simplicity is improved, but system flexibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the cabling system into segmented, connectorized vertical cabling structures that run through hollow pole interiors. Each segment can be independently connected or disconnected at standardized connectors, maintaining the simple external appearance of the pole structure while enabling flexible reconfiguration of wireless communication equipment without requiring complex structural modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The connectorized vertical cabling structures act as intermediaries between the fixed pole structure and the removable wireless communication modules. These intermediary cabling components provide the flexibility needed for system upgrades and reconfigurations while maintaining the structural simplicity of the pole itself, as no structural changes to the pole are required—only connections to the intermediary cabling system need to be modified.
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AI summary
In one aspect of the disclosure a communications network or topology is presented that includes one or more modular or adaptable smart pole assemblies. Each smart pole assembly can include a pole structure supporting a data-communications module and having a hollow interior through which a connectorized vertical cabling structure extends. Jumper cables can be provided to connect components associated with the data-communications module with the vertical cabling structure such that no cabling or wiring has to be removed or installed from the pole hollow interior when components are added, removed, or replaced. The vertical cabling structure or harness can include one or more of connectorized fiber optic cables, DC power cables, and connectorized Category 6 cables. In one example, the fiber optic cables are terminated with hardened multi-fiber optical connectors at each end.