Claims:We claim:

1. A connectivity identification system for identifying connectivity in an Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) network (100) comprising a first node (102) and a second node (103), the connectivity identification system comprising;
an ultrasound communicator (107);
and
a transducer device (101) communicatively connected to the ultrasound communicator (107),
wherein,
when the transducer device (101) is connected to the first node (102), the ultrasound communicator (107) is configured to:
transmit an ultrasound signal through the transducer device (101), modulated with a unique identifier, through an outer jacket of a Fiber Optic (FO) patch cord among a plurality of FO patch cords, connected between a transmitting port (105) of the first node (102) and a receiving port (106) of the second node (103);
and
when the transducer device (101) is connected to the second node, the ultrasound communicator (107) is configured to:
receive the ultrasound signal from the transducer device (101), wherein the transducer device (101) receives the ultrasound signal from an outer jacket of one of FO patch cord among the plurality of FO patch cords;
demodulate the ultrasound signal to retrieve the unique identifier; and
identify the receiving port (106) based on the demodulated unique identifier.

2. The connectivity identification system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ultrasound communicator (107) comprises a transceiver unit (301) and a control unit (302).

3. The connectivity identification system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the transceiver unit (301) comprises at least one of a signal generator, a signal amplifier, a transducer, an ultrasound transmitter, a signal conditioner, one or more band pass filters, a code detector and an ultrasound receiver.

4. The connectivity identification system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the unique identifier comprises at least one of random unique codes, and alphanumeric data.

5. The connectivity identification system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the transducer device (101) is connected to the first node (102), the transducer device (101) transmits the unique identifier to a transducer device among one or more transducer devices, connected to the second node (103).

6. The connectivity identification system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ultrasound signal is transmitted at a predetermined frequency based on one or more parameters of the transmitting port (105), one or more parameters of the receiving port (106) and one or more parameters of the FO patch cord.

7. The connectivity identification system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the one or more parameters of the transmitting port and the one or more parameters of the receiving port comprises at least one of port number, bit rate of port and bandwidth capacity of port.

8. The connectivity identification system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the one or more parameters of the FO patch cord comprises at least one of channel capacity, channel gain, loss identifier in the FO patch cord, FO patch cord type, FO patch cord length, and FO patch cord number.

9. The connectivity identification system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the transducer device (101) connected to the first node is a first transducer device (101A) and the transducer device among the one or more transducer devices connected to the second node is a second transducer device (101B), wherein the first transducer device (101A) is associated with a first ultrasound communicator (107A) and the second transducer device (101B) is associated with a second ultrasound communicator (107B).

10. The connectivity identification system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the second ultrasound communicator (107B) identifies the receiving port (106), wherein identifying comprises:
receiving the unique identifier from the first transducer device (101A);
comparing the demodulated unique identifier with the unique identifier received from the first transducer device (101A); and
determining a port connected to the one of FO patch cord as the receiving port (106), when the demodulated unique identifier matches with the unique identifier received from the first transducer device (101A).

11. The connectivity identification system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first transducer device (101A) is clipped to the FO patch cord to transmit the ultrasound signal, while the FO patch cord is connected to the transmitting port (105).

12. The connectivity identification system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the second transducer device (101B) is clipped to the one of FO patch cord to receive the ultrasound signal, while the one of FO patch cord is connected to the receiving port (106).

13. A method of identifying connectivity in an Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) network (100) comprising a first node (102) and a second node (103), the method comprising:
transmitting, by a connectivity identification system, an ultrasound signal modulated with a unique identifier, through an outer jacket of a Fiber Optic (FO) patch cord among a plurality of FO patch cords, connected between a transmitting port (105) of the first node (102) and a receiving port of the second node (103);
receiving, by the connectivity identification system, the ultrasound signal from an outer jacket of one of FO patch cord among the plurality of FO patch cords, connected to the second node (103);
demodulating, by the connectivity identification system, the ultrasound signal to retrieve the unique identifier; and
identifying, by the connectivity identification system, the receiving port (106) based on the demodulated unique identifier.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the unique identifier comprises at least one of random unique codes, and alphanumeric data.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the ultrasound signal is transmitted at a predetermined frequency based on one or more parameters of the first node (102), one or more parameters of the second node (103) and one or more parameters of the FO patch cord.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the one or more parameters of the transmitting port (105) and the one or more parameters of the receiving port (106) comprises at least one of port number, bit rate of port and bandwidth capacity of port.

17. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the one or more parameters of the FO patch cord comprises at least one of channel capacity, channel gain, loss identifier in the FO patch cord, FO patch cord type, FO patch cord length, and FO patch cord number.

18. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the step of transmitting is performed by a first transducer device (101A) associated with a first ultrasound communicator (107A), the steps of receiving is performed by a second transducer device (101B), the steps of demodulating and identifying is performed by a second ultrasound communicator (107B) associated with the second transducer device (101B).

19. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprises transmitting by the first transducer device (101A), the unique identifier to one of a FO patch cord among the plurality of FO patch cords, and receiving by the second transducer device (101B), the unique identifier from the first transducer device (101A) for identifying the receiving port (106).

20. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein identifying further comprises:
comparing the demodulated unique identifier with the unique identifier received from the first transducer device (101A); and
determining a port connected to the one of FO patch cord as the receiving port (106), when the demodulated unique identifier matches with the unique identifier received from the first transducer device (101A).

Dated this 6th day of March, 2017

R Ramya Rao
Of K&S Partners
Agent for the Applicant
, Description:TECHNICAL FIELD
The present disclosure relates to the field of telecommunications. Particularly, but not exclusively, the present disclosure relates to a device for identifying connectivity in an Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) network.