US 11,949,554 B2
Systems and methods for modular in-premises equipment
Michael Talbert, Nazareth, PA (US); Meaghan Leong, Cohasset, MA (US); Christina L. Fyock, Sudbury, MA (US); Aldrich Gamboa, Bridgewater, NJ (US); and Christopher M. Schmidt, Branchburg, NJ (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/249,807.
Application 17/249,807 is a division of application No. 16/109,060, filed on Aug. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,972,339.
Prior Publication US 2021/0203552 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 41/0806 (2013.01) [H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a first module, configured to communicatively couple to a network, including a set of topside keying features arranged in a first pattern; and
a second module, configured to communicatively couple to the first module and further configured to provide a network routing function, including:
a set of underside keying features, arranged in the first pattern, such that the set of underside keying features of the second module are complementary to the set of topside key features of the first module, and
a set of topside keying features, arranged in a second pattern different from the first pattern, complementary to a set of underside keying features, of a third module, arranged in the second pattern,
wherein the first module comprises a first through-hole and the second module comprises a second through-hole aligned with the first through-hole.