.A truly smart building is able to communicate across different systems and services to allow the occupier to make the best possible decisions, whether automatically or by intervening. There is still a way to go before connected buildings becomes the norm, but building efficiency can be increased by an average of around 40-50% across the main cities in the world.
Soptco has introduced a Four-Channel, Pluggable, LC Duplex, Fiber-Optic QSFP+ Transceiver for 40 Gigabit Ethernet Applications. This high-performance transceiver integrates four electrical data lanes in each direction into transmission over a single LC duplex fiber optic cable. The transceiver internally multiplexes an XLPPI 4x10G interface into two 20Gb/s electrical channels, transmitting and receiving each optically over one simplex LC fiber using bi-directional optics. Link distances up to 100 m using OM3 and 150m using OM4 optical fiber are supported. These modules operate over multimode fiber systems using a nominal wavelength of 850nm on one end and 900nm on the other end.
Polarity is a critical part of any fiber network. Polarity means that a fiber optic link’s transmit signal at one end of the cable must match the corresponding receiver at the other end. While this concept might seem simple, it becomes more complex with multifiber cables and MPO connectors. Leviton’s new Universal Polarity Fiber Cassettes allow for the same interchangeable cassette on both ends of a Method B trunk in a fiber channel, reducing the complexity of a fiber network, ensuring consistent polarity, and streamlining network deployment.
The health of your business will depend on your network’s ability to handle the surge in traffic as employees work from home. Slow response times or, worse, system crashes, will cost you in employee productivity and business revenues. It’s important to have the network bandwidth to handle this influx. In this post, we review the questions you should ask of your current network.
The digital infrastructures of a smart city cannot be networked by radio alone. Information and data volumes as well as time-critical applications are constantly increasing due to digitalization and urbanization. Ultimately, only a fiber optic infrastructure can meet the communication and performance requirements of a smart city. So fiber optic networks form the foundation walls of a smart city.
The Fiber Broadband Association is proud to announce its weekly live video series. Fiber for Breakfast is a 30-minute live video discussion hosted by our President and CEO, Lisa R. Youngers, and featuring industry thought leaders on current topics that explore fiber as the critical infrastructure for 21st century communications as well as other connectivity and workplace issues presented during these challenging times. Fiber for Breakfast takes place every Wednesday at 10am ET.
Windstream Wholesale and Infinera marked an industry-first with their successful trial of LR8-based 400GbE client-side services. The trial was powered by Infinera’s Groove G30 platform. The trial leveraged Infinera’s commercially available 2x 600G Wavelength muxponder on its Groove (GX) G30 Compact Modular Platform with the CHM-2T sled, which enabled the customer-facing 400GbE service to be transmitted using a single-carrier 600G wavelength.
HPE Financial Services is designating more than $2 billion in financing specifically to help customers with their financial challenges stemming from the COVID-19 crisis, including cash-flow or liquidity issues.
The new Leviton Base12 universal polarity cassettes allow for the same interchangeable cassette on both ends of a Method B trunk in a fiber channel, reducing the complexity of a fiber network and ensuring consistent polarity.
Corning is reorganizing its operating structure into one that aligns executive management and business teams around five market access platforms (MAPs): Mobile Consumer Electronics, Optical Communications, Automotive, Life Sciences, and Display. Michael A. Bell has been named senior vice president and general manager of the Optical Communications MAP. He will take over from Clark S. Kinlin, executive VP of Optical Communications who plans to retire after a transition period.
