Fiber to the home (FTTH), also called “fiber to the premises” (FTTP), is the installation and use of optical fiber from a central point directly to individual buildings such as residences, apartment buildings and businesses to provide unprecedented high-speed Internet access. FTTH dramatically increases the connection speeds available to computer users compared with technologies now […]
Fiber optic adapters (also called couplers) are designed to connect two fiber optic cables together. They come in versions to connect single fibers together (simplex), two fibers together (duplex), or sometimes four fibers together (quad). Adapters are designed for multimode or singlemode cables. The singlemode adapters offer more precise alignment of the tips of the […]
Different Types of PLC Splitters Fiber optic PLC splitter can be categorized by the PLC splitter chip they use, meaning there are 1xN and 2xN PLC splitters, such as 1×4, 1×8, 1×16, 2×32, 2×64, etc. Installers can choose different input and output numbers depending on subscriber conditions or cable length. In addition, PLC splitter manufacturers […]
PLC splitter is widely installed between the PON Optical Line Terminal (OLT) and the Optical Network Terminals/Units (ONTs/ONUs) that the OLT serves. The single fiber link coming from the Central Office (CO) OLT is connected with the input of a splitter and is split into given numbers of fibers leaving the splitter. The number of […]
Fiber optic splitters, also referred to as optical splitter, or beam splitter, is an integrated wave guide optical power distribution device that can split an incident light beam into two or more light beams, and vice versa, containing multiple input and output ends. Optical splitter has played an important role in passive optical networks (like […]
What are fiber & networking connectors? Fiber optic connectors are unique. Fiber cables transmit pulses of light instead of electrical signals, so the terminations must be much more precise. Instead of merely allowing pins to make metal-to-metal contact, fiber optic connectors must align microscopic glass fibers perfectly in order to allow for communication. While there […]
Fiber patch cables are now widely used for indoor applications like buildings, factories, office parks ,campuses and so on. Whether you choose PVC, LSZH or OFNP jacket depends on where you’re going to run the cable.
FTTP (fiber-to-the-premises) This term is used either as a blanket term for both FTTH and FTTB, or where the fiber network includes both homes and small businesses. FTTH (fiber-to-the-home): Fiber reaches the boundary of the living space, such as a box on the outside wall of a home. Passive optical networks and point-to-point Ethernet are […]
Physically, PVC and LSZH are very different. PVC are very soft; LSZH are more rigid because they contain the flame retardant compound, and they are aesthetically more pleasing. A PVC cable (made of polyvinyl chloride) has a jacket that gives off heavy black smoke, hydrochloric acid, and other toxic gases when it burns. Low Smoke […]
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) is anoptical multiplexingtechnology used to increase bandwidth overexisting fiber networks.DWDM works by combining and transmittingmultiple signals simultaneouslyat different wavelengths on the samefiber. The technology createsmultiple virtual fibers, thus multiplyingthe capacity of the physicalmedium. DWDM provides ultimate scalability and reach for fiber networks.Withoutthe capacity and reach of DWDM systems, most Web […]