Patents Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC
  • Patent number: 12242110
    Abstract: A multi-fiber cable assembly includes a pigtail segments spliced to a trunk segment using multiple mass fusion splices. The splices are disposed at axially spaced positions within a hollow, flexible conduit. Fibers of the trunk segment are axially fixed at a first demarcation region disposed at the first end of the conduit. Fibers of the pigtail segments are axially fixed at a separate, second demarcation region disposed at the second end of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Cyle D. Petersen, Thomas Marcouiller, John Paul Anderson
  • Patent number: 12244531
    Abstract: Orthogonal DMRS ports with resource block reuse in a single cell is provided. ABS comprises: a BBE and RUs. The BS transmits user data to each of a plurality of UEs on a PDSCH using a PRB allocation for the cell. The PRB and cell are the same for all UEs. The PRB comprises DMRS symbols. The BS transmits user data to each UE on the PDSCH using a respective non-intersecting subset of the RUs. No RU transmits user data on the PDSCH using the PRB to more than one UE. The BBE: determines non-intersecting sets of DMRS ports; assigns one set to each UE; and causes the BS to transmit UE-specific DMRS to UE on the DMRS ports in the set assigned to that UE using only a respective non-intersecting subset of RUs used for transmitting user data to that UE on the PDSCH using the PRB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Stuart D. Sandberg, Irfaan Ahamed Salahuddeen, Ehsan Daeipour
  • Patent number: 12244980
    Abstract: A pivoting mounting bracket enables a user to select a cable entry direction for a pre-cabled chassis. The cable can be anchored to the mounting bracket prior to selecting the cable entry direction. A cable guide may protect against overbending of the cable during pivoting of the mounting bracket. Certain types of chassis can be pre-cabled with at least 576 or even at least 864 optical fibers within a 5 RU space. Certain types of chassis can include a v-shaped panel to hold front ports (e.g., optical adapters).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Rodney C. Schoenfelder
  • Patent number: 12245176
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a device for fronthaul communication between a baseband unit (BBU) and a remote unit (RU). A processor of the device is configured to receive, using a first fronthaul interface of the device, fronthaul data originating from said first one of the BBU and the RU. The fronthaul data is formatted according to a first fronthaul protocol when received using the first fronthaul interface. The processor is further configured to format at least some of the fronthaul data received using the first fronthaul interface so as to be formatted according to a second fronthaul protocol thereby producing reformatted fronthaul data and forward, using a second fronthaul interface of the device, the reformatted fronthaul data towards said second one of the BBU and the RU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Dario Fertonani, Alan Barbieri
  • Publication number: 20250071736
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic base station functional split configuration management are provided. In one embodiment, a system for base station functional split management for uplink fronthaul traffic comprises: a baseband controller coupled to a plurality of radio units via a fronthaul network, wherein the plurality of radio units comprise a signal zone from which uplink signals are combined by the base station: a split controller configured to dynamically select and control a functional split of a respective uplink receive chain between the baseband controller and each of the plurality of radio units: wherein the functional split defines a demarcation point on the receive chain prior to which processing operations are executed by a radio unit and after which processing operations are executed by the baseband controller: wherein the split controller selects between a plurality of functional split options to dynamically control the functional split and the demarcation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sunit Kumar Sharma, Irfaan Ahamed Salahuddeen, Stuart D. Sandberg, Boaz Pianka, Arthur J. Barabell, Pradeep Prabhu
  • Patent number: 12235503
    Abstract: A telecommunications enclosure system includes a terminal assembly including an optical terminal that mounts to a terminal mounting bracket via a mechanical coupling interface. The mechanical coupling interface includes a release actuator that allows the optical terminal to be released from the terminal mounting bracket by accessing the release actuator from a first side of the terminal assembly, and also allows the optical terminal to be released from the terminal mounting bracket by accessing the release actuator from an opposite second side of the terminal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Pieter Vermeulen, Geert Jozef Maria Verbist, Bart Vos, Stefan Sepelev
  • Patent number: 12235504
    Abstract: A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis defining an interior region and a tray assembly disposed in the interior region. The tray assembly includes a tray and a cable spool assembly. The cable spool assembly is engaged to a base panel of the tray. The cable spool assembly is adapted to rotate relative to the tray. The cable spool assembly includes a hub, a flange engaged to the hub and an adapter module. The flange defines a termination area. The adapter module is engaged to the termination module of the flange. The adapter module is adapted to slide relative to the flange in a direction that is generally parallel to the flange between an extended position and a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Krampotich, Jonathan Walter Coan
  • Patent number: 12235505
    Abstract: An adapter assembly includes a single-piece or two-piece multi-fiber adapter defining a recess at which a contact assembly is disposed. The adapter assemblies can be disposed within adapter block assemblies or cassettes, which can be mounted to moveable trays. Both ports of the adapters disposed within adapter block assemblies are accessible. Only one port of each adapter disposed within the cassettes are accessible. Circuit boards can be mounted within the block assemblies or cassettes to provide communication between the contact assemblies and a data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Cyle D. Petersen, Bruce Ogren, Scott C. Sievers, Thomas Marcouiller, Chris Charles Taylor, Mark Meredith, James Joseph Eberle, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12235506
    Abstract: A fiber optic telecommunications device includes an enclosure defining an interior. A first fiber optic adapter is provided at the enclosure. A spool is provided at an exterior of the enclosure. A fiber optic cable, which includes a first optical fiber, is wrapped around the spool. A first fiber optic connector is mounted at a first end of the first optical fiber. The first end of the first optical fiber is positioned within the interior of the enclosure. The first fiber optic connector is inserted within the first fiber optic adapter. The enclosure and the spool are configured to rotate in unison about a common axis when the fiber optic cable is unwound from the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Scott C. Kowalczyk, Trevor D. Smith, Jonathan R. Kaml, Thomas G. LeBlanc, Ronald A. Beck
  • Patent number: 12235501
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cable sealing devices having features for enhancing effective sealing, volume compensation, seal pressurization, cable size range-taking, cable installation and insert installation. Also disclosed herein is an enclosure including at least one cable sealing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Christiaan Radelet, Kristof Vastmans, Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers, Maarten Michiels, Erwin Beckers, Frank De Blick, Michael Maris
  • Patent number: 12235494
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector arrangement includes a printed circuit board coupled to a connector housing. The printed circuit board includes a memory storage device that is configured to store physical layer information pertaining to the fiber optic connector arrangement. The printed circuit board also defines contacts that are electrically coupled to the memory storage device to enable the physical layer information to be read from the memory storage device by a media reading interface. A connector assembly includes at least one adapter assembly; a printed circuit board; and a media reading interface. The connector assembly also may include a tactile pressure sensor. The adapter assembly defines at least a first port and a second port that are configured to connect optical fibers of two connector arrangements. One or more connector assemblies can be mounted to a fiber panel system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mark Smrha, Michael D. Schroeder, Michael Gunderson, Vern Loch
  • Patent number: 12235500
    Abstract: Devices, arrangements and methods for routing and connecting optical fibers at fiber organizers of telecommunications closures. The organizers include pivotal tray arrangements for improved versatility and quantity of fiber routing configurations within a telecommunications closure of a given size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Bart Mattie Claessens, Pieter Doultremont
  • Publication number: 20250060547
    Abstract: A power and optical fiber interface system includes a housing having an interior. A cable inlet is configured to receive a hybrid cable having an electrical conductor and an optical fiber. An insulation displacement connector (IDC) is situated in the interior of the housing configured to electrically terminate the conductor, and a cable outlet is configured to receive an output cable that is connectable to the IDC and configured to output signals received via the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Thomas P. HUEGERICH, Wayne M. KACHMAR, Robert Charles FLAIG, Dwight A. BRETZ
  • Publication number: 20250063275
    Abstract: Port occupancy can be detected by positioning signal responders on shutters disposed at the ports. The signal responders are detectable when the shutters are undeflected (i.e., the respective ports are available). The signal responders are not detectable when the shutters are deflected (i.e., the respective ports are occupied). The signal responders may include RFID tags. Each shutter having a corresponding signal responder may span more than one port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jan Willem RIETVELD
  • Publication number: 20250062942
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatus for real-time physical layer processing in distributed units (DU). A downlink data processing method includes receiving a downlink transport block at the physical layer and generating a plurality of sub-transport blocks mapped to a plurality of symbols by processing the received transport block. The method further includes processing the plurality of sub-transport blocks sequentially using at least one transfer function to generate the plurality of symbols which are then transmitted to a radio unit (RU) for transmission to a user equipment (UE). An uplink data processing method includes generating an uplink transport block by processing a plurality of symbols received at the DU from the RU. The plurality of symbols are processed using at least one uplink transfer function. A downlink/uplink transfer function is functionally equivalent to a plurality of down-link/uplink sequential signal processing modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Suresh N. Sriram, Arthur J. Barabell
  • Publication number: 20250063429
    Abstract: Systems and methods for machine learning based radio resource usage are provided. In one example, a system includes BBU(s), RU(s) communicatively coupled to the BBU(s), and antenna(s) communicatively coupled to the RU(s). Each respective RU is communicatively coupled to a respective subset of the antenna(s). The BBU(s), the RU(s), and the antenna(s) are configured to implement a base station for wirelessly communicating with user equipment. The system further includes a machine learning computing system. The machine learning computer system is configured to receive time data and traffic data and determine a predicted radio resource usage of the base station based on the time data and the traffic data. The system is configured to adjust operation of at least one RU based on the predicted radio resource usage of the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Harsha Hegde
  • Publication number: 20250060551
    Abstract: An equipment panel includes one or more trays disposed within a chassis. Each tray has a two-layer termination region. Certain trays have a two-layer splice region. The splice region can be used to optically couple preterminated fibers within the tray to a trunk cable. Alternatively or in addition, the splice region can be used to fix broken fiber connections. A cable anchor and fanout arrangement mounts to the chassis as a unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Matthew J. HOLMBERG, Arend J. TURNER, Paul M. LAWSON, Rodney C. SCHOENFELDER, Soutsada VONGSENG, James J. SOLHEID, Scott C. KOWALCZYK
  • Publication number: 20250060069
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an enclosure mounting apparatus (e.g., a mounting bracket which may include a mounting plate) having a molded plastic construction. In certain examples, the enclosure mounting apparatus is configured to be compatible with a number of different styles (e.g., sizes, models, etc.) of telecommunications enclosures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jozef Marie Roger BRANTS, Johan GEENS, Jiri ZAVREL, Karel A C VANWINKEL
  • Patent number: 12222570
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and method for deploying a fiber optic network. Distribution devices are used to index fibers within the system to ensure that live fibers are provided at output locations throughout the system. In an example, fibers can be indexed in multiple directions within the system. In an example, spare ports can be providing in a forward direction and reverse direction ports can also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Erik J. Gronvall, Olivier Hubert Daniel Yves Rousseaux, Trevor D. Smith, James J. Solheid, Matthew J. Holmberg
  • Patent number: RE50314
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable assembly includes an outer jacket defining a first passage and a second passage disposed adjacent to the first passage. The outer jacket includes a wall disposed between an outer surface of the outer jacket and the first passage. A plurality of optical fibers is disposed in the first passage. A reinforcing member is disposed in the second passage. An access member is disposed in the wall of the outer jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Wayne M. Kachmar