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1 Fibre Sys Apps
1 Fibre Sys Apps
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Application Areas
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
Unauthorised usage or reproduction strictly prohibited, Copyright 2002, Dr. Gerald Farrell, Dublin Institute of Technology Source: Master 1_3
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Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
Unauthorised usage or reproduction strictly prohibited, Copyright 2002, Dr. Gerald Farrell, Dublin Institute of Technology Source: Master 1_3
27/02/02 4.1 Fibre Systems Applications Overview.prz
OC-x bit rates are a US designation, STM-x bit rates are international
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
Unauthorised usage or reproduction strictly prohibited, Copyright 2002, Dr. Gerald Farrell, Dublin Institute of Technology Source: Master 1_3
27/02/02 4.1 Fibre Systems Applications Overview.prz
Eircom
Fibre Network
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Esat Telecom
Fibre Network
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Links to UK cables
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Optical Fibre
LAN
Applications
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering Source: Master 1_3
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One of the most successful fibre based LANs is the so called Fibre
Distributed Data Interface or FDDI.
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Horizontal Cabling
Building Backbone
Campus Backbone
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Optical LAN
Topology
Issues
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering Source: Master 1_3
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Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Star Hub
2 4
4
2
3
3
Bus Network
Passive 1 2 3 4 5 6
Cable
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Ring network
Physically cabling is always much more complex
than a simple point-to-point link 6
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Major Attributes
Most successful fibre LAN technology
Active ring based LAN
100 Mb/sec data rate
Allowed total fibre length is 200 Km
Maximum number of nodes is 500
Up to 2 km between nodes
Dual counterrotating ring structure
Built in failure protection
Highly standardised
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
Unauthorised usage or reproduction strictly prohibited, Copyright 2002, Dr. Gerald Farrell, Dublin Institute of Technology
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Bus LAN
Gateway Gateway
Wiring
Concentrator
Ring FDDI Backbone Network
LAN
Gateway Computer
Tape Drives
Bus LAN Disk Arrays Workstations
Optical Communications Systems, Dr. Gerald Farrell, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
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