By Steve Harris – Light is EM energy waves that travel through free space at about 3 x 108 m/s. To harness the power of light for transmitting information, a channel or wave guide in the form of optical fiber is used to transmit information over an access network.
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By Steve Harris – From the activities in our industry, it is clear the path will include fiber optics. Our HFC access networks are here to stay with new architectures.
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By Steve Harris – For long-reach applications in the transport and access applications, cat A provides two sub-categories: A1 and A2. The G.657.A1 allows a 10 mm minimum design radius, while the G.657.A2 allows a 7.5 mm minimum design radius. These are both improvements over 15 mm to 30 mm in G.652.
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Steve Harris – OM5 leverages four short wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM) channels of 25 Gbps each to achieve higher 100 Gbps, 200 Gbps and 400 Gbps transmissions over MMF.
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By Steven Harris – Now that we understand the dBm and mW values, let’s return to the budget. A budget equation will take into account the various forms of loss that will be experienced in a fiber optic network.
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By Steven Harris – It is important to collaborate with our vendor community, the SCTE·ISBE standards programs and stay well-educated in the area of fiber optics with SCTE·ISBE offered resources.
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By Steven Harris – It is important for service and business technicians to remain current with industry trends, service and performance verification.
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By Steven Harris – The ODN is ideal for backhauling data or delivering services for smart cities. The ODN supports the delivery of PONs like E/GPON over a tree, bus or ring topology.
Read MoreBy Steven Harris — Seasoned telecommunication professionals are well aware of the improvements digital video offered over analog video in the network. Operators leveraged Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) digital video and RF quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).
Read MoreBy Steven Harris — Our networks are evolving to meet the ever-increasing thirst for bandwidth, whether that is with DOCSIS, fiber deep (FD), or passive optical network (PON) technology.
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