Deploying Optical Networking Components

Аннотация

The use of optical networking devices is beginning to approach ubiquity within the office environment and is expected to extend to the home within a few years. In the office environment it is quite common to encounter the use of optical repeaters to transfer data at distances greater than those possible via copper cable. In addition to repeaters, the use of optical modems and multiplexers, as well as storage area networks based on the transfer of data over optical fiber, is also becoming common. In the home environment both cable and telephone companies are using fiber-to-the-neighborhood (FTTN), fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC), and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) systems as mechanisms to provide broadband communications to the residential market. Because of the explosion in the use of optical networking devices, it is important for communications professionals to understand how optical networking occurs as well as the numerous options available.