Category Archives: Fiber Optic Network

Use PDU to Enhance Data Center Energy Efficiency

The tendency to increase server and rack power densities has inevitably led to cable and power management complexities. And this is a huge problem that many data center managers may encounter. Thus, to implement a power distribution unit (PDU) serves … Continue reading

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10GBASE-T SFP+ Comparison, Which Is the Best 10G Network Solution?

The past few years have witnessed the extensive adoption of 10Gbps connectivity at data center equipment. The expansion of 10 Gigabit Ethernet is supposed to satisfy the increasing demand for higher-performance servers, storage and interconnects. Since 10G network generally provides … Continue reading

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Backbone Networks Analysis

The past decades have witnessed a tremendous increase of Internet users, which directly lead to the growth of the traffic in backbone networks throughout the world. Besides, new services like video on demand, electronic distance learning and grid computing applications … Continue reading

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Local Area Network (LAN) Analysis

Networks can be defined as a collection of independent computers and other devices interconnected by a communication medium. A network usually consists of two or more computers that are linked in order to share resources like printers and CDs, exchange … Continue reading

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400 Gigabit Ethernet Solution in the Future

Network carriers continue to face the bandwidth and capacity challenges in metro, regional and long-haul networks, as the traffic grows driven by more and more video streaming and proliferation of cloud computing, internet of things, data centers and mobile data … Continue reading

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40G QSFP+ AOC vs. 40G QSFP+ SR4 Transceiver

With an increasing demand for higher performance and flexibility, fiber optic transceiver has been greatly improved in the past decades driven by the increasing needs for speed and performance. 40G QSFP+ SR4 transceiver that can support conversion between optical signals … Continue reading

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Next Generation: Parallel Optical Data Links

Parallel optical data links are now available. They are designed into many next-generation telecom/datacom central-office switches and routers. These links cost less per channel than serial links and allow about six times higher I/O density. This article will give you … Continue reading

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What Will Happen When Optical Network and Cloud Computing Get Married

In the past year, you may be familiar with words like FTTH, SDN, Virtualization and cloud computing, or saw news with title of Vodafone targets Ireland, Portugal for new gigabit FTTH and the like, which reveals how popular optical network … Continue reading

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1000Base-TX and 1000Base-T Introduction

With the dramatic increase in desktop computing and workgroups, the demand for higher bandwidth and higher capability is increasing. Gigabit Ethernet has been demonstrated to be a viable solution for increased bandwidth requirements for growing networks. Among the Gigabit Ethernet … Continue reading

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1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Technology

Since the launch of national Specification of Gigabit Ethernet Switches Devices Technology, the application of Gigabit Ethernet technology has developed quickly. Due to the following reasons, 1000BASE-T, achieving Gigabit Ethernet over Category 5 (cat.5) twisted pairs, becomes one of the … Continue reading

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