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News Release from: Fibreoptic Industry Association
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 June 2001
LAN Application Support Guide
The latest publication from the Fibreoptic Industry Association is the LAN Application Support Guide.
The latest publication from the Fibreoptic Industry Association is the LAN Application Support Guide, a comprehensive overview of all elements that should be considered when designing a fibre media LAN The choice of fibre cable type, optical power and loss budgeting, maximum distances in different types of cable and at different wavelengths and bandwidths and overall system design rules are all covered
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The LAN Guide is set to become the definitive publication for anyone involved in designing, installing, testing or extending a fibre media LAN network.
The demand for additional bandwidth shows no sign of reducing.
LAN data rates have increased dramatically and are still doing so; network protocols have moved from loss- or attenuation-limited applications such as Token Ring and FDDI to bandwidth-limited applications such as 1000BASE-SX/LX and the emerging IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
This evolution has brought with it new design rules and enhanced performance options for multimode optical fibre cabling, together with an increased emphasis on single-mode technology in the LAN environment.
The objective of the LAN Application Support Guide is to provide an understanding of both the "old" and "new" design issues.
For new installations, the key issues addressed are the specification of optical fibre performance, the selection of optical fibre type and the design of optical fibre cabling channels.
FIA membership costs are only a few hundred pounds per year for the largest companies, less for smaller; in addition to other benefits, members receive all publications free.
The cost of the LAN Guide to non-members is GBP 150.
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