Entries from 2015-07-01 to 1 month

Fiber Optic Transceiver Is More Preferable Than Copper Transceiver

For transceivers, an optical interoperation with the associated circuitry is the key to success of application. Copper transceiver and fiber optic transceiver, as the two leading transceiver modules for data transmission, have their own un…

Three Types of 1000BASE SFP Overview

A Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) is a compact, hot swappable, input/output device that is used to for both telecommunication and data communications applications. SFP is responsible for converting between the electrical and optical sign…

Allied Telesis SFP Transceiver Module Troubleshooting

As SFP transceivers are widely and commonly used in data transmission, you may face the faults in using SFP transceivers, and sometimes even result in a bad situation and heavy loss. This article will help you to diagnose the SFP transceiv…

Challenges with 40G Transceiver

Nowadays, the public tend to have higher requirements for optic transceiver modules. 40G transceiver is exactly conformed to the demands. The most common type is 40G QSFP+ transceiver. The QSFP+ is a compact, hot-pluggable transceiver used…

When to Use Multimode Patch Cable

Fiber optic patch cables, also known as fiber jumpers or fiber optic patch cords, are a transmission medium made of glass used to transmit data via light. Generally there are two types of fiber optic patch cables: single mode patch cables …

How Does a Fiber Optic Transceiver Work?

A Fiber optic transceiver usually consists of a transmitter on one end and a receiver on the other end in a single module. They are arranged in parallel so that they can operate independently. Both the receiver and the transmitter operate …

Brief Introduction to 10G SFP+ Transceiver

10GBASE SFP+ transceiver is a compact, hot-pluggable transceiver used for both telecommunication and data communications applications. It is designed for using with small form factor connectors. Besides, it could offer high speed and physi…

Introduction of Media Converter

There is no doubt that Ethernet fiber-optic communications provide many advantages over copper based Ethernet communications. These include immunity to noise and further distance capabilities. Systems that require fiber-optic communication…

Hot to Handle Unsupported Transceiver Errors

Nowadays, most vendors understand that optical transceiver is largely standardized and interchangeable. But, when user try to use a third-party GLC-SX-MMD SFP transceiver plugs into Cisco Catalyst switches that might results in an UNSUPPOR…

A Guide for PON

Nowadays, there is a growing popularity of Video-on-Demand (VoD), VoIP and increased IPTV deployment. Providers aim to offering fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), (fiber-to-the-building) FTTB and fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) solutions through advancing…