Fiber optic communication has become necessary have to most of the big multinational companies and government agencies. Heavy investments have taken place in regards to this particular type of communication. Form the developed countries to the developing countries fiber optic communication has become the preferred means of data transmission. The following report will look at Fiber optics and fiber optic communications critically. The history of the fiber optics will be liked into as well as the basic
Fiber optics Thesis: Some of the important features of the fiber optics that we are interested are discussed below. Now a days we are using copper wires as they are the most cost effective and reliable interconnect in parallel machines. However as machines grow more powerful, wire density becomes critical making fiber possible alternatives because of their small wire size. Fiber optics are used mainly to use effectively its high bandwidth. On a single fiber lots of information/data can
Technology There are four methods of data transmission on Internet: DSL, cable, wireless (wireless), and fiber optics. DSL is an existing copper wire of a phone line to deliver high speed internet access. Cable is to utilize a coaxial cable that connects to a television set. WIFI represents wireless that are used for Internet connection without wire. Fiber optic offers many advantages over conventional copper cable lines. It is able to transmit data much faster over greater distances and because
the emerging technologies in broadband, Wi-Fi, and fiber optics. According to Dr. John O. Limb, a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and director of the Broadband Telecommunications Center at Georgia Tech: "Within 10 years, we believe that a majority of homes in the United States ware going to be equipped with broadband communication pipelines connecting to a host of available services." (Goolrick, 2006). Besides broadband, fiber optics is another tangible that will have an impact on the
inter-communications system. The main advantage of using this system is that is supports voice over IP (VoIP) services such as IP-Centrex. IP Centrex is a service that provides a single broadband access point to a company. The company can use this access point to broadcast packets of voice data. When no voice data is present, more bandwidth is available to other uses of the company. This results in saved money to the company because dedicated phone lines are not needed. The new communications system
owing to fiber optic technology. In 1979, AT&T filled the telecommunications industry with revolutionary ideas by developing a mode for data transmission using a light, called fiber optic cable. This mode produced a bandwidth of 44.736 Mbps and could multiplex 672 trunk circuits on one fiber alone (Cole, M. 2000). However, this development was merely the start of a huge extension to telecommunications, something that would transform the industry constantly. Although AT&T brought in fiber optic technology
together on an optical fiber, with each signal carried at the same time on its own separate light wavelength. Using DWDM, up to 80 (and theoretically more) separate wavelengths or channels of data can be multiplexed into a light stream transmitted on a single optical fiber. Each channel carries a time division multiplexed (TDM) signal. In a system with each channel carrying 2.5 Gbps (billion bits per second), up to 200 billion bits can be delivered a second by the optical fiber. DWDM is also sometimes
An Introduction to Fiber Optics Technology Throughout time, speed and efficiency in the telecommunications industry has progressed at a rapid pace due to fiber optic technology. In 1979, AT&T revolutionized the telecommunications industry by producing a medium for data transmission which used light, called fiber optic cable. This medium created a bandwidth of 44.736 Mbps and could multiplex 672 trunk circuits onto one fiber (Cole, 2000). However, this invention was only the beginning of a great
Fiber Optics What are Fiber Optics? Fiber optics are thin transparent fibers of glass or plastic enclosed by a material of a lower index of refraction and that transmit light throughout their length by internal reflections. Real fiber optic cables are made out of very pure glass, glass so pure that if it were miles thick, light would still be able to pass through. The fiber optic strand, although thin in diameter, is stretched to miles in length. Therefore only the purest of glass would be
that was superseded by wired communications, which were more effective at the time. Daniel Collodon and Jacques Babinet were able to show that light could be guided along jets of water. John Logie Baird (ENG.) and Clarence W. Hansell (U.S.) patented the idea of using arrays of hollow pipes or transparent rods to transmit images for television or fascimile systems. Heinrich Lamm was the first person to demonstrate image transmission through a bundle of optical fibers. Holger Moeller applied
mirrors as a very strong beam, known as a laser. The practical uses of lasers are enormous. One of there biggest uses is that they have been used to read and write information on compact discs. Their revolutionary use in the fields of fiber optics communication and medicine are also worth noting. A laser is a device that produces a very narrow, powerful beam of light. The term laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (Hecht 1982). In addition to being
comprises of following types of services: 1) General Service Type- These service type gives connectivity services or access based services and applications enabled over Ethernet. Fig 4 shows portfolio of Ethernet services provided by AboveNet communications. We can see they provide access based services for internet access, VOIP, storage extension and so on. Fig.4- AboveNet Ethernet Service portfolio (Source: Heavy Reading) 2) Specific Service Type- Fig 5 shows exact representation of specific
company plans on extending its fiber-optic services from the Gulf Coast to Huntsville, Alabama. Southern Light is the Gulf Coast’s leading provider of fiber optic networks and high-volume transport solutions. Southern Light markets affordable, high-bandwidth services over their own fiber optic network. In this research, I will discuss the history and main operates of this private business, then I will identify and analyze the four factors of production of Southern Light fiber. Next, I will identify and
light as a communication media used in China Great Wall distance more than 7300 km with in 1 hour to sent signal from one tower to another. In the late 20th century optical communication took back in to the seat for its advantages over coaxial transport and other electrical communication system. In 1966, Kaw and Hockman proposed the idea of using optical fiber light wave communication and their prediction was data loss 20dB/km [12]. In late 1980s to 1990s, coherent detection communication systems were
been proved in history many times. Communication plays an important role in human beings life. Optical fiber has modernized the way the world communicates. Optical fiber is a combination of light and glass, build in a strand of glass thinner than human hair. This astonishing medium allows us to broadcast data, voice and video at the speed of light. Researchers who were working for American Glass maker Corning Incorporated invented the first low - loss optical fiber with crucial attenuation limit of
Optical Fiber Corporation SWOT ANALYSIS Environment Fiber optics is a new technology that uses rays of light instead of electricity to transmit information over optical fibers at very high speeds. The optical fibers are usually thin strands of glass that are combined into cables and used to send information and computer data in the form of pulses of light. The optical fibers provide much clearer transmission than conventional copper cable and satellite links. The world market for optical fiber
Like a lot inventions in the past two centuries, modern fibre optic cable was created for military uses. The manager for Copper Cable and Wire at the US Army Signal Corps was getting more displeased with the amount of signal loss that was due to copper cable. Like any person high of rank in the Army, he decided to take his trouble out on someone lower then him. In this case it was a man named Sam DiVita. DiVita wanted to use light transmitted via glass fibre to send signals from point to point
Since communications is such a vital aspect of all businesses these days, proper acquaintance with this marvelous technology can greatly enhance your company's productivity and efficiency. In this paper, we will reflect into the many different characteristics of media that the LANs are based upon and compare/contrast these different medias. There are basically four types of media used for Local Area Networks. The most commonly used are twisted copper pairs, Coaxial cables, Fiber Optic, and the
many uses for the laser. Then in the 1970's it became very important. It was finally being used in everyday life. As years went on the uses grew in number. Today lasers were being used in a variety of ways. This includes entertainment, military, communication, businesses, measurement, cutting, and more. Measurement: Lasers have become an important part of measurement. A laser is the fastest way to measure long distances. This use can be applied in construction work and astronomy. Cutting: A laser
A network is a collection of entities that exchange information or good. Few examples of networks are nervous system, traffic light system, railway system etc. Computer Network is normally known as a system of interconnected computers & communication devices that can communicate with one another and share resources. At the most elementary level computer consist of two computers connected with each other by a cable to allow them to share data .A device connected to a network is called a node. A node