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News Release from: AMP Netconnect | Subject: XG fibre-optic system
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 May 2002
Fibre system ready for 10 Gigabit
Ethernet
The AMP Netconnect XG fibre-optic system is a "one-fibre-fits-all" solution that gives a seamless migration path from 10Mbit/s up to 10 Gbit/s using the same multimode fibre-optic cabling.
The AMP Netconnect XG fibre-optic system is a "one-fibre-fits-all" solution that gives a seamless migration path from 10Mbit/s up to 10 Gbit/s using the same multimode fibre-optic cabling Comprising a complete line of AMP/Pinacl XG fibre cables and AMP Netconnect XG connectors and cable assemblies, the new 10Gbit/s standards-based XG fibre-optic system provides protection from the expense and disruptions of recabling network infrastructures to support bandwidth upgrades
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new XG fibre-optic system uses AMP/Pinacl fibre cable containing 850nm laser-optimised 50/125um multimode fibre that reliably supports 10Gbit/s applications running over the full 300m distance of structured cabling building backbones.
This new fibre-optic cable has been "laser-optimised" at 850nm so that 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel applications can be fully supported.
"The new fibre-optic cable provided with the AMP Netconnect XG fibre-optic system delivers a laser bandwidth of 2000MHz/km at 850nm", explains Herb Congdon, global fibre optic product manager for Tyco Electronics.
"This complies with the fibre optic performance requirements of the newest 10Gbit/s laser-based standards, but also supports legacy systems using light-emitting diodes or LEDs as well.
As a result, this new fibre type will support the full spectrum of today's and prospective network needs, ranging from 10Mbit/s up to 10Gbit/s throughput".
Because the XG fibre-optic system fibre cable supports electronics that use low-cost 850nm optical laser sources, customers no longer have to choose higher cost electronics or recable facilities as they migrate to faster datarates.
In addition, the expanded laser bandwidth at 850nm provides extended distances of up to 900m for Gigabit Ethernet, offering customers even greater network design flexibility.
Based on these new attributes of the XG fibre-optic system fibre cable, Tyco Electronics' Congdon says, "The best solution to support the legacy LED applications of yesterday and today, while supporting the higher data rate laser-based applications of today and tomorrow, is to purchase and install 850nm laser optimised 50/125 micron fibre".
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