Google and an association of telecom providers have announced that the FASTER broadband cable system that links Japan and the United States is now complete. The system is the fastest of its kind and stretches nearly 9,000 km across the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, starting in Oregon and ending in two landing spots in […]
Month: June 2016
What is TIP (Telecom Infra Project)?
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is an engineering-focused initiative driven by operators, infrastructure providers, system integrators, and other technology companies that aim to reimagine the traditional approach to building and deploying telecom network infrastructure. Current Projects TIP now shared the fist set of technical projects and the chairs. The projects covering three aspects: Access, Back haul […]
Data Center Form Factors
The transceiver form factor will be different as speeds increase. In Table2, we see that different data transmission schemes in the left most column are supported by various form factors. The form factors, themselves, are spelled out by industry Multi Source Agreements(MSA’s). When reviewing the table, it is apparent that there are different form factors […]
100G Network Connection Cable
100G CXP to 20x LC Fan out Fiber Cable Assembly, MPO to 20-LC Fan out cable assembly is mainly used for 100G CFP+ SR10 100G Module to 10G SFP+ Module connection, the MPO-LC patch cord with 10-Tx and 10-Rx channels, LC side could adopts single boot Duplex LC or dual boot duplex LC connector, LC […]
FAQ about 40G Optical Network
Q. What is the 40GbE max supported distances? A. The IEEE 40GBASE-X standard describes the following: 40GBASE-SR4 supports up to 100m on OM3, and 150m on OM4. There is no support for OM2 or OM1 (these are considered legacy). 40GBASE-LR4 supports up to 10km on 9um SM fiber (same fiber used for 10G single mode […]
Comparison between Cat 6 and Cat 6A cable
Category 6 Category 6 cable, commonly referred to as Cat 6, is a standardized twisted pair cable for Gigabit Ethernet and other network physical layers that is backward compatible with the Category 5/5e and Category 3 cable standards.[1] Compared with Cat 5 and Cat 5e, Cat 6 features more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system […]