100G & 400G Data Center

40 Gigabit Duplex Fiber Solutions

There’s been a lot of talk lately surrounding bidirectional 40 Gb/s duplex applications, or BiDi for short. Currently offered as a solution by Cisco®, BiDi runs over duplex OM3 or OM4 multimode fiber using QSFP modules and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology. It features two 20 Gb/s channels, each transmitting and receiving simultaneously over two […]

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TIA standard for wideband multimode fiber, WBMMF, approved

At its June 2016 meeting, the Telecommunications Industry Association’s (TIA) TR-42.12 Optical Fibers and Cables Subcommittee approved the standard ANSI/TIA-492AAAE, which specifies wideband multimode fiber (WBMMF). The specification completed the entire TIA standard-development process in under two years; TR-42 accepted the project request for the standard in October 2014. An article authored by Cindy Montstream, […]