Various Methods of Fiber Optic Cable Testing – Article 1

As the ever-increasing popularity of intensive bandwidth applications, the demand for fiber optic installations and infrastructures has accelerated parallelly. Optical fiber cable thus has possessed a rather essential position in the telecom industry. In today’s fast-paced workplace maximizing productivity is essential. Whether installing new fiber links or troubleshooting an existing network, the faster you can

Active Optical Cables(AOC)

In my previous article, you have seen what is Direct Attached Cables and Direct attached Copper cables. In this article, we will discuss the second category of Direct attached cables which are active optical cables(AOC). The main physical difference between direct attached copper cables and active optical cables is that the cable which transmits the

What are Direct Attached Cables(DAC)

During our discussions with fiber cabling, one of the major concerns for companies was the cost of fiber cables and its transceivers. Reducing this cost can increase the popularity and applicability of fiber cables and the solution is Direct attached (DAC) cables. In this article, we will look into each of these in detail and why the usage

Different types of transceivers(GBIC, SFP, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP, QSFP+, QSFP28 and CFP)

There’s a lot to consider when building a fiber optic network. There are so many different ways to approach optical communication, and every device has its own list of pros and cons. In modern, dense networks, small form factors are a constant necessity. Without such interfaces, you simply can’t pack enough networking components into the

Meaning of SR, LR, LRM, ER, and ZR in Transceiver Modules

When you take transceiver modules, all of this will contain many abbreviations which may be quite confusing for you too. Some of the major abbreviations are SR, LR, LRM, ER, and ZR. In fact, these abbreviations tell you the characteristics of these modules. Let us have a look into some of this in detail. SFP-10G-SR vs SFP-10G-LR

Fiber SFP Module

A Study about SFP Modules

A small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver is a compact, hot-swappable, input/output transceiver used in data communication and telecommunications networks. SFP interfaces are generally used in almost all communication devices like switches, routers, and servers. SFP transceivers support communications standards including synchronous optical networking (SONET)(Standardized protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams synchronously over optical fiber using lasers or

What is Dark Fiber and Lit Fiber

Everybody knows that what are fiber optics cables and types of fiber optic cables. Do you know that this category of cables can be divided based on their usage also? That is what we will speak in this article where categories are Lit fiber and Dark fiber. The simplest way of definition for this is that the fiber optic

Polish Types in fiber optic connectors

In my previous article, we have seen different types of fiber optics connectors. What if we can provide a more secure and reduce signal lose in at the tip(polish) of the connector? Isn’t it worth to implement that also when considering the importance of your data? Let us have a look into that concepts also

Different types of fiber optic cable connectors

We have seen the basics of fiber optics and different types of fiber optic cables. But it is a sense of knowing that there will be two ends for fiber optic cables and each ends function will be to transfer/receive the data either to transceiver or other fiber optic cables. Isn’t it our duty to

Single Mode and Multi-Mode Fiber Cables

In the previous article, we have seen the physical structure and basic principles of data transmission in fiber optics. Mainly there are two categories of fiber optic cables available in the market, Single mode fiber Multimode fiber When planning to build a fiber optic network, the first decision you often encounter is single-mode fiber or multimode fiber. Hopefully, I can make