HIGH DENSITY MODULE WITH MULTICORE FIBER DISTRIBUTION

1 . An apparatus comprising a module, the module comprising:

a module housing;

an array of Very Small Form Factor (VSFF) connectors extending from a front of the module housing, wherein each of the VSFF connectors comprises:

a connector housing having a port at a front end of the connector housing; and

a set of optical connections positioned within the port;

a trunk cable extending from the rear of the housing, wherein the trunk cable comprises a set of optical fibers; and

a fan out module contained within the module housing, wherein the set of optical fibers are broken out from the trunk cable into a set of ribbon fibers that are attached to the VSFF connectors.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the array of VSF connectors further comprise:

at least three rows of VSFF connectors disposed within the front end of the module; and

at least six VSFF connectors per row within the front end of the module.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

each VSFF connectors supports a fiber density of 2, 6, 7, 8, 16 fibers or 32 fibers per connector;

the module is configured to hold the array of VSFF connectors, wherein the array includes 9, 12, 15, or 18 VSFF connectors.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a panel, wherein the module is sized to fit 12 modules within a 1 U panel.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:

a plurality of modules, including the module, horizontally placed within the panel, wherein the plurality of modules comprises at least twelve modules.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the array comprises eighteen VSFF connectors, within a 1 U height, of 216 couplers of the panel comprising a set of twelve modules including the module, providing 864 fibers using the 216 couplers.

7 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the array comprises eighteen VSFF connectors, within a 1 U height, of 216 couplers of the panel comprising a set of twelve modules including the module, providing 3456 fibers using the 216 couplers.

8 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the array comprises eighteen VSFF connectors, within a 1 U height, of 216 couplers of the panel comprising a set of twelve modules including the module, providing 6912 fibers using the 216 couplers.

9 . A method comprising:

providing a set of Very Small Form Factor (VSFF) connectors, wherein each of the VSFF connectors comprises:

a connector housing having a port at a front end of the connector housing; and

a set of optical connections positioned within the port;

receiving a trunk cable at from the rear of the module housing, where in the trunk cable is a multi-core fiber that comprises a set of optical fibers;

coupling the trunk cable to a fan out module contained within the module housing;

breaking out the set of optical fibers into a set of ribbon fibers; and

attaching the set of ribbon fibers to the set of VSFF connectors.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the array of VSF connectors further comprise:

at least three rows of VSFF connectors disposed within the front end of the module; and

at least six VSFF connectors per row within the front end of the module.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein:

each VSFF connectors supports a fiber density of 2, 6, 7, 8, 16 fibers or 32 fibers per connector;

the module is configured to hold the array of VSFF connectors, wherein the array includes 9, 12, 15, or 18 VSFF connectors.

12 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

a panel, wherein the module is sized to fit 12 modules within a 1 U panel.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

a plurality of modules, including the module, horizontally placed within the panel, wherein the plurality of modules comprises at least twelve modules.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the array comprises eighteen VSFF connectors, within a 1 U height, of 216 couplers of the panel comprising a set of twelve modules including the module, providing 864 fibers using the 216 couplers.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the array comprises eighteen VSFF connectors, within a 1 U height, of 216 couplers of the panel comprising a set of twelve modules including the module, providing 3456 fibers using the 216 couplers.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the array comprises eighteen VSFF connectors, within a 1 U height, of 216 couplers of the panel comprising a set of twelve modules including the module, providing 6912 fibers using the 216 couplers.

17 . A module comprising:

a module housing;

an array of Very Small Form Factor (VSFF) connectors extending from a front of the module housing, wherein each of the VSFF connectors comprises:

a connector housing having a port at a front end of the connector housing; and

a set of optical connections positioned within the port;

a trunk cable extending from the rear of the housing, wherein the trunk cable comprises a set of optical fibers; and

a fan out module contained within the module housing, wherein the set of optical fibers are broken out from the trunk cable into a set of ribbon fibers that are attached to the VSFF connectors.

18 . The module of claim 17 , wherein the array of VSF connectors further comprise:

at least three rows of VSFF connectors disposed within the front end of the module; and

at least six VSFF connectors per row within the front end of the module.

19 . The module of claim 17 , wherein:

each VSFF connectors supports a fiber density of 2, 6, 7, 8, 16 fibers or 32 fibers per connector;

the module is configured to hold the array of VSFF connectors, wherein the array includes 9, 12, 15, or 18 VSFF connectors.

20 . The module of claim 17 , wherein the module is sized to fit 12 modules within a 1 U panel.