Author Archive Fiber-mart

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How Many Optical Fiber Cuts Occur Around The World in One Day?

It is estimated that more than 5 billion optical fiber kilometers are installed on the earth including all kind of installations such as Submarine, Aerial, underground and premise. This number can be roughly converted to 138 million cable kilometers if we consider an average fiber count of 36 fibers per [ Continue reading…]

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Can I Use Cat5e Cable With Cat6 Patch Panel?

  As a key component of copper cabling system, copper patch panel is popular with people. And there are Cat5e patch panels and Cat6 patch panels available on the market. It is not difficult to understand that Cat5e patch panel is used with Cat5e patch cable, while Cat6 patch panel [ Continue reading…]

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FTTH Fiber Drop Cable—Indoor & Outdoor Application

As an access to providing high-speed Internet speed, Fiber to the home (FTTH) has been highly favored in recent years. It can achieve high-speed and long distance transmission, from a central point directly to individual buildings such as residences, apartment buildings and businesses through installation and use of optical fiber. [ Continue reading…]

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Compatible Issues of Optical Transceiver

  When deploying the cabling system, sometimes you may encounter such situation when there is already brand A switch, but you got brand B optical transceiver. Then, the compatible issue is what you most worry about. Just like the following figure shows, Cisco SFP-10G-SR transceiver definitely works well when plugged [ Continue reading…]

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Difference Between GBIC and SFP & Application

  GBIC (Gigabit Interface Converter) is a hot-swappable Gigabit Interface optical module with SC connector. A gigabit interface converter (GBIC) is a standard for transceivers, commonly used with Gigabit Ethernet and fiber channel. A variation of the GBIC called the small form-factor pluggable transceiver (SFP),also known as mini-GBIC, has the [ Continue reading…]

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Parameter setting of OTDR optical fiber test method

  OTDR is the main instrument in the field of optical fiber testing technology. It is widely used in the maintenance and construction of optical cable lines. It can measure optical fiber length, optical fiber transmission attenuation, joint attenuation, and fault location. OTDR has the advantages of short test time, [ Continue reading…]

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Safety instructions before fiber optic testing

  Hello everyone, today we will discuss with you the safety instructions before fiber optic testing. Some people may not understand why the safety instructions of the optical fiber should be emphasized. This is because once the operation is improper, it will not only cause irreversible damage to the naked [ Continue reading…]

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How to Build a 10G Home Fiber Network?

With the wide application of the 10GbE technology in the commercial sector and the popularity of FTTH (fiber to the home), the cost of deploying a 10G network has been reduced to some extent. This trend has driven some home users to think about the upgrade of their current 1G [ Continue reading…]

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Tips for Using and Maintaining Fiber Patch Cables

Fiber patch cables are common assemblies seen in optical communications to link devices and network components. To ensure normal optical transmission and fiber durability, it is necessary to get familiar with the user instructions and precautions. This post will introduce the precaution for taking care of fiber patch cables from [ Continue reading…]

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How to Install and Remove SFP Transceiver Modules?

 We know that any non-standard operation may result in implicit damage or even permanent failure.   The installation and removing of SFPs are quite simple. However, you might need to refer to the datasheet or user manual of any new transceivers to familiarize yourself with its properties and the latching [ Continue reading…]

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