50G PAM4ベースの光トランシーバ技術

PAM4エンコーディングテクノロジでは、各サンプリングサイクル内で50G PAM4ベースの光トランシーバで送信される情報量が2倍になります。25Gの光コンポーネントを使用して50Gbpsの伝送速度を達成し、光トランシーバのコストを削減することができます。50G PAM…

Which Is Better for 80km Links? PAM4 or Coherent Technology

A significant portion of Data Center Interconnections (DCIs) and telecom router-to-router interconnections rely on simple ZR or 80km transceivers. The former is mostly based on 100Gbps per 100GHz ITU-T window C-band DWDM transceivers, whil…

The Popular 100G High-speed Optical Transceivers of Data Center

Since 2018, 100G high-speed optical transceivers have been deployed in large-scale data centers. The 100G QSFP28 series products are favored in large data center network architectures such as Microsoft, Google, and Facebook.The 100G QSFP28…

The Interpretation of 5G Related Terms

Since the end of last year, the heat of the word "5G" has remained high. As a cutting-edge communications technology, 5G has many terms. Due to the oversimplification and nastyness of the names of standards, specifications, and technologie…

Gigalight 100G Optical Modules Passed the Connectivity Test of M

Shenzhen, China, May 19, 2018 – Gigalight announced the 100G series optical transceiver modules have passed the connectivity test of multiple cloud service providers. The Gigalight 100G series products include 100G QSFP28 SR4 multi-mode VC…

What is Data Center Interconnect/Interconnection?

Data Center Interconnection means the implements of Data center Interconnect (DCI) technology. With the DCI technology advances, better and cheaper options have become available and this has created a lot of confusion. This is compounded b…

Gigalight’s First Successful Project for the Russian ISP Market

Shenzhen, China, May 9, 2018 − The Gigalight's GIGAC™ MTP/MPO Cabling Portfolio has won the first big order in the Russian ISP market. In the next three years, Gigalight will provide the largest Russian Internet service provider with the G…

A Guide to the Interfaces of Optical Transceiver Modules

In today's optical communications market, there are a variety of transceiver modules with various types of interfaces. Because different types of cables/connectors/adapters are required for different interfaces, we need to pay more attenti…

The Trend of DSP’s Application in Data Center

The data center 100G has begun to be used on a scale, and the next-generation 400G is expected to begin commercial use by 2020. For 400G applications, the biggest difference is the introduction of a new modulation format, PAM-4, to achieve…

Gigalight Launches Industrial-Grade 100G QSFP28 Optical Transcei

Shenzhen, China, April 30, 2018 − Recently, Gigalight has successfully developed two industrial-grade 100G optical transceivers: 100G QSFP28 LR4 (up to 10km) and 100G QSFP28 4WDM-40 (up to 40km). At the same time, these new products have b…

A Comparison between CWDM and DWDM

Transporting a single data stream through an optical fiber can be costly and inefficient. Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) can transmit multiple, independent data streams through a single optical fiber to better utilize the bandwidth…

RoHS Compliant NETGEAR AGM732F for Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel Applications

NETGEAR AGM732F is a RoHS compliant SFP transceiver module designed expressly for high-speed communication applications that require rates of up to 1.25 Gbps. It is compliant with the Gigabit Ethernet standards, as well as the SFP Multi-So…

The Rapid Development of Optical Transceiver Market

Several years ago, there was a report which said that the 10G/40G/100G optical transceivers would hit 1.44 billion dollars by 2014, driven by 10G SFP+ and tunable XFP modules. It is now 2014, and the forecasts have came true.Infontetics Re…

PON Transceiver Modules for FTTH

Optical transceivers are classified by wavelengths, data rates, reaches, packaging types, electrical and optical interfaces, temperature ranges, etc. The mannfacturing followings a process from discrete optics to optical subassembly and in…

What is an OTDR and How does it Work?

What is an OTDR?OTDR, short for optical time-domain reflectometer, is an optoelectronic instrument used to characterize an optical fiber. It can be considered as the optical equivalent of an electronic time-domain reflectometer.OTDR inject…

Small Form Factor Fiber Optic Connectors

Since the 1990s, many small form factor (SFF) fiber optic connectors have been developed to fill the interest in devices that may fit into tight spaces and permit denser packing of connections such as fiber patch cables. Some are miniaturi…

SFP Plus Direct Attach Copper Cables

What is SFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cable?SFP+ direct attach copper cable, also known as Twinax Cable, is a SFP+ cable assembly used in rack connections between servers and switches. It consists of a high speed copper cable and two copper SF…

SFP Media Converters Those Support Fast Ethernet Standards

SFP Media Converter is a Fiber to Ethernet Media Converter with Fast Ethernet ports, dual-rate Fast/Gigabit Ethernet ports, or Gigabit Ethernet ports. The ports allow for flexible network configurations using SFP transceivers. And the Fast…

Do You Really Know SFP-OC48-LR2?

As we all know, SFP-OC48-LR2 is a type of Cisco SFP modules. But do you really know the meaning of the words in the SFP-OC48-LR2? I think the “SFP” and “LR2″ are known as SFP modules with 80km transfer distance by most people, while the “O…

Optical Transceiver Module Tutorial From FiberStore

What is an Optical Transceiver module?Optical Transceiver is a computer chip that uses fiber optic technology to communicate between other devices. This is opposed to a chip that transfers information electrically through metal wires and c…

How Much Do You Know About SFP Transceivers?

What is really a SFP transceiver? SFP transceiver is a hot-pluggable fiber transceiver, of which the SFP stands for Small Form-factor Pluggable. The mechanical, electronic, and optical design and gratifaction derive from a Multi-source Agr…

Using CWDM Technology To Construct Cost-Effective Fiber Networks

The utilization of fiber optic cables for communication has opened up gates for communication multiplexing technologies that increase the capabilities at minimum costs. Coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) modulates different wav…

Optical Switch Tutorial from FiberStore

What is an Optical Switch?Optical Switch is a switch that enables signals in optical fibers or integrated optical circuits (IOCs) to be selectively switched from one circuit to another in telecommunication. Away from telecom, an optical sw…

Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer Tutorial

What is Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (OADM)?OADM is a device with optical signal to realize optical domain channel multiplexing. The main implementation technologies are WDM(Wavelength Division Multiplexing), O-CDMA(Optical Code Division M…

Tips For Buying SFP Modules

When you need transceiver modules for fiber optic networks, you will need some professional help. For those who have an IT department, employees will know buying and install these items. However, a small company does not normally have thes…

Several Common Networking Lineman Tools

A lineman can also be known as power line technician. Their usual task would be to setup and keep electrical power and telephone lines. However, the required a lineman can extend to the installation and upkeep of transmission and cable TV …

Optical Transceiver Modules

Optical transceiver module consists of optoelectronic devices, circuits and optical interface and other components. It can be divided into various kinds, respectively according to rates, applications, working modes and packages.Rates: 100B…

3 Reasons To Opt FiberStore Compatible Transceivers

Want to save cash on optical networking hardware? There is a way to make sure that you might have the same high quality components as name-brand gear such as Cisco branded units whilst staying on a very reasonable budget. This even means b…

FiberStore SFP Plus Transceiver Modules Are On Sale Now

FiberStore has been suppling optical transceivers since years ago. The SFP plus transceiver modules are on sale recently and almost all the transceiver modules are much more cheaper then before.SFP plus, or SFP+, is the upgraded version of…

What You Should Think About Before Selecting Fiber Cables

Sorting through cables and connectivity options could be a frustrating exercise. It's hard enough working through the categories and levels of copper networking cables, where most cables end with similar connector. What happens when you st…