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Passive optical network (PON) technology was introduced in the mid-1990s. After that, PON technology underwent rapid development - it started with ATM PON (APON) and then evolved into Broadband PON (or BPON). Later, EPON (Ethernet PON) and GPON (Gigabit PON) entered the market, bringing significant improvements in transmission bandwidth and distance. In this paper, we will discuss the basics of GPON technology.

Following its official launch, 5G is rapidly gaining momentum worldwide, especially in Europe, North America and Asia. Various network bodies have predicted rapid growth in 5G connections in the coming years.

Transmission is at the height of progress and flourishing day by day, which shows it will change telecommunication effectively. According to the statistics, global optics fiber was valued at about USD 2.75 billion in 2016. Fiber optic transmission is becoming popular daily due to its intensive use in the industrial and residential sectors. This blog will discuss the pros and cons of optic fiber in detail. So, what are you waiting for? Let's go ahead.

Being the smallest of commercially available 400G form factors, QSFP-DD provides the greatest bandwidth density in the market while offering compatibility to various lower-speed QSFP pluggable transceivers and cables as well. QSFP-DD is frequently compared with other optical modules such as OSFP, COBO, CFP8, and QSFP56 when it comes to 400G applications. In this post, we will learn about the differences between QSFP-DD and other modules, their structure, advantages, and disadvantages.

The electrical circuitry of the SFP transceiver modules is connected to copper or optical network. This type of transceivers is widely used for both data communications and telecommunication applications. Any official standards organization does not regularize the fiber optic SFP. The construction and specifications of this form-factor are specified by an MSA (multisource agreement) between competing manufacturers. SFP transceivers are readily available in a diverse range of options.

The news about Wideband Multimode Fiber came out back in 2015. Later, in 2017 the ISO/IEC went for a ballot on nomenclature for WBMMF. Standards-making bodies decided that the nomenclature for this newly developed fiber would be OM5. The ANSI/TIA-492AAAE standard got approved for publication in June 2016, and it deals with the specifications of the OM5 cable.

According to various studies, 100G will be dominating the market of network equipment in the future. However, in today`s scenario, 100G technology is still in its development phase. Users, planning to construct 100G long-haul network infrastructure often met some design challenges. For example, the QSFP28 optics currently available on the market (QSFP28 100GBASE-LR4) can support up to 10 km only with WDM technology.

The main components of a transmission system are: the transmitter (TX), the communication channel and receiver (RX). Today we will focus on the communication channel. This can be materialized in the form of either a physical wired medium or a wireless medium such as air. The wired medium can be found in today’s data center dense cabling in the form of twisted pair or optical cable and in the last mile loop as a coaxial cable.

The small form-factor pluggable (SFP) is a compact, hot-pluggable transceiver used for both telecommunication and data communication applications. The form factor and electrical interface are specified by a multi-source agreement (MSA) under the auspices of the SFF Committee. It is a popular industry format jointly developed and supported by many network component vendors.

Fiber Optics Technology has been around since the 1960s and it has been developed further to meet the needs of our evolving technology. Many of the components of the Fiber optic system has also been developed since then, to satisfy the requirements of a better optical network.