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# Connectivity Engine Purpose and Applications

## Purpose

Very diverse architectures are used to build and operate fiber optic networks. To model and implement the connectivity of fibers down to the very lowest level, operators maintain specifications and requirements that must be adhered to very strictly.

Network management applications such as NMT, in order to be efficient and reliable, must be able to model the network as it exists or will be deployed in reality.

However, in the design phase of a network, it is not feasible for applications such as Comsof Fiber to take into account all these different technical requirements and detailed specifications at the lowest level of calculation.

To address this gap, in most cases an additional step will be required to adjust or complete the fiber low-level connectivity modelling of the design to match the requirements.

The Connectivity Engine is the tool that helps to carry out this step in a structural, automated way.

## Applications

Thanks to a coherent and easy-to-understand system of configuration settings, the Connectivity Engine can be instructed to carry out a wide range of adjustments and/or additions to the selected design. Examples of connectivity models it can handle typically relate to:

- the sequence of fibers when filling splice trays (high-to-low versus low-to-high)

- the way multi-port connectorized devices are to be integrated

- the (type or number of) equipment items that need to be provided in a (specific type) of structure, such as a cabinet