Tauseef Amjad Latif

Sr. Manager Technical

(Pre-Sales & Post-Sales)

Corvit

Corvit
Systems

Corvit
Networks

Corvit
Technologies

tauseef@corvit.com
www.corvit.com

Agenda
Introduction to
Optical Fiber Cable (OFC)
based System

Line of Action !!!

Prime Parameters of a Network
Optical Fiber Cable
Optical Fiber Cable Vs Existing Medias
Basic Principle of Optical Fiber Cable
Types of Optical Fiber Cable & Relevant Accessories
Design Concerns & Product Line
Link Estimations & Cable Length Measurement of OFC
Deployment Concerns
Testing & Troubleshooting of OFC
Labs
OFC based link between Computers, Routers & Switches
OFC based link between Computers, Router & Wireless AP
Q&A
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Prime Parameters of a Network

Data Rate

PIX Firewall

Coverage
Scalability

PSTN
PLMN
2950G-24

Fiber

Reliability

Si

UTP

Redundancy
Security

Si

Call Processing
IP Phones

Deployment
Time Frame
Ease of
Management
QoS
Cost / RoI
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Printer

Workstations
Softphone

Wireless IP Phones

Optical Fiber Cable

Jacket
(Polymer)
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Construction Of OFC
The glass employed in a fiber optic cable is
ultra pure, ultra transparent silicon dioxide.
One reference put this in perspective by
noting that "if seawater were as clear as this
type of fiber optic cable then you would be
able to see to the bottom of the deepest trench
in the Pacific Ocean."
To get some feeling for how small these sizes actually are,
understand that a human hair has a diameter of 100 microns.
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Total Internal Reflection

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Types of OFC (Technology)

Multi-mode OFC
OFC

LED
For Short Distances
50 micron
2km @ 100Mbps
550m @ 1000Mbps
62.5 micron
1.5km @ 100Mbps
270m @ 1000Mbps

Cable is Expensive
Cheaper Modules (SX)
Made up of Glass / Plastic
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Single-mode
LASER
For Long Distances
9 micron
100 km @ 100Mbps
*5 km @ 1000Mbps
** 70 km @ 1000Mbps
Cable is Bit Cheaper
Costly Modules (LX , ZX)
Extra Care Required
Made up of Glass Only
* 1310nm
** 1550nm

Multi-mode OFC
& Single-mode
OFC

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Multi-mode OFC
& Single-mode
OFC

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Construction Of OFC

Typically, cladding
is 10 times thicker
than the core.
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Working Wave-lengths of
Optical Fiber Cable

* MM OFC operates at Wave-lengths of 850nm & 1300nm

* SM OFC operates at Wave-lengths of 1300nm & 1550nm
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Types of OFC
(Deployment)

In-door OFC
OFC

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Out-door

Basic Components of OFC

Based System
Optical Fiber Cable (MM, SM / Indoor, Outdoor)
Optical Fiber Patch-Cords (1m, 3m,10m)
SCST , SC-SC, SC-MTRJ, SC-LC
VJ-45 - VJ45 (SG) . Etc
Optical Fiber Pigtails
Optical Fiber Distribution Frame (OFDF)
(4, 6, 8,12,16, 24, .. 96 etc port)

Face-plates & Back box (For Fiber to Desktop

Solution)
Splices (Mechanical / Fusion)
Fiber Media Converters / Modules (UTP to Fiber)

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Optical Fiber Patch Cords

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Optical Fiber Patch Cords

& Optical Fiber
Pigtails

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Optical Fiber Distribution

Frame (OFDF)
Wall Mounted

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Rack Mounted

Transmitter For OFC

Transmitter component serves two functions:

First, it must be a source of the light coupled into the fiber optic cable.
Secondly, it must modulate this light so as to represent the binary data
that it is receiving from the Source.
Transmitter can then be thought of as an Electro-Optical (EO) transducer.
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LEDs & LDs

There are two types of light emitting
junction diodes that can be used as the
optical source of the transmitter.
Light Emitting Diode (LED)
LED's are simpler and generate
incoherent, lower power light.
Laser Diode (LD)
LD's are more complex and generate
coherent, higher power light.
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Modulator For OFC

There are several different schemes for carrying out the
modulation function.
Examples:
Intensity Modulation (ASK)
Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)
Phase Shift Keying (PSK)
Intensity Modulation also is referred to as Amplitude Shift
Keying (ASK) and On-Off Keying (OOK) and is mostly used
because of its simplicity.
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Receiver For OFC

Receiver component serves two functions:

First, it must sense or detect the light coupled out of the fiber
optic cable then convert the light into an electrical signal.
Secondly, it must demodulate this light to determine the
identity of the binary data that it represents.
Receiver can then be thought of as an Electro-Optical (EO) transducer.
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Splice / Splicing
A splice is a device to connect one fiber
optic cable to another permanently.
Splicing is a technique by which we
connect two optical fiber cables.
Some vendors offer splices that can be
disconnected that are not permanent so that
they can be disconnected for repairs or
rearrangements.
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Types of Splices
There are two principal types of splices:
Fusion splices - uses an electric arc /
spark to weld two fiber optic cables
together. The splices offer sophisticated,
computer controlled alignment of fiber
optic cables to achieve losses as low as
0.05 dB.
Mechanical splices - all share common
elements. They are easily applied in the
field, require little or no tooling and offer
losses of about 0.2 dB.

Types of Splices

Splicing Machines

How to Prepare OFC Based Patch

Cords, Pigtails & Connectors /
Termination of OFC at OFDF

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How to Carryout Mass Fusion

Splicing

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Multiplexing over OFC

What is Multiplexing?
Types of Multiplexing
TDM
WDM
DWDM
What about FDM?

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Deployment Concerns of OFC

Handling Fiber & Disposing of Waste

* Bending radius is 10 times the diameter of the OFC.
* Fiber pieces are sharp, small and difficult to see. Take
care when stripping, cleaning & cleaving OFC.
* Safely dispose-off all fiber waste in CIN BINS or place
scotch-tape upside down (O Shape).

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Deployment Concerns of OFC

Cleaning Fluids
* Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA)
IPA is highly flammable & conductive
* HFE Volition Cleaning Agent
HFE is non-flammable, non-conductive & non-alcoholic

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OFC Link Loss &

Length
Calculations
Standard Values:

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Fiber Modules /
Media
Converters

GBIC
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SFP

OFC Based Cisco Switches

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OFC Based Cisco Switches

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Suggested Optical Fiber Cable Termination Plan

4 Fiber Splices
4 Fiber Splices

Outdoor
Optical Fiber Cable
Steel Armored

1 Fiber Patch Cord

Indoor
Optical Fiber Cable
Fiber enabled
Switch

Flexible

Outdoor OFDF
(without SC adapters)

Backup Link
4 Fiber Pigtails

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Indoor OFDF
(with SC adapters)

Sample Logical Layout of OFC based LAN/WAN Design

Head Office
Unit # 4
Gate Office

GM Office

Laboratory

Store

Unit # 1
Fabric Godown

Folding

2940-8TF

2940-8TF

2950G-24

2940-8TF

GM Office

Radio tower

N=2

N=20

N=5

N=6

8-Core SM Fiber 200 m

6-Core SM Fiber 350 m

N=4

2940-8TF

2940-8TF

6-Core SM Fiber 160 m

N=1

6-Core SM Fiber 250 m

Gate Office

20-Core SM Fiber 300 m

12-Core SM Fiber 140 m

6-Core SM Fiber 275 m

2811

Unit # 2
Electric

Store

2940-8TF

N=2
N=1

12-Core SM Fiber 150 m

2940-8TF

2950T-24
8-Core SM Fiber 150 m

N=5
N=21

Main Office

3750-12S

Sizing

6-Core SM Fiber 130 m

Folding

N=1

2940-8TF
Fabric Godown

2940-8TF

Core Switch

Distribution/Access Switches

Fiber

N=1

N=1

UTP

OFDF

Media Converter

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N=2

Sample Logical Layout of OFC Based Campus Area Network

Ibne Sena Block
Computer Science Dept.

2950G-24

2950SX-24

N=24

2950G-24
2950SX-24

N=24

Ibne Haikam Block

Hostel One

N=24

Controller Examination
2950SX-24

N=24

Hostel Two
2950G-24

2950SX-24

N=24

N=24

Education Department

N=24

3750-12S

N=24

2950SX-24
Business Studies Dept.

Amna Hostel
N= 24

Data Center

2950SX-24
Pharmacy

2950G-24
N=24

2950SX-24

IP Cloud
PIX-525

3825

4507R
2950SX-24
N=24

Homes

N=24

S=6

2950SX-24
N=24

Iqbal Hostel

2950SX-24
Homes

2950SX-24

2950G-24
N=24

N=24

VC Office
N=24

Scouts Building

Al Baroni Block

2950G-24
Homes

Quaid-e-Azam
Hostel

2950SX-24
N=24

N=24

2950G-24
2950G-24

N=24

N=24

2950SX-24

N=24
2950SX-24

2950SX-24

3750-12S

Hostel 3

Jinnah Block

N=24
Hostel 4
N=14
2950SX-24

Main Entrance

N=24

Admin Block
2950SX-24

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Gate 2

2950G-24

Controller Office

N=24
Hostel 5

Standard Specifications for Digging

Soil

Bricks

e
ap
T
ing
n
r
Wa

3 ft
Deep

2 inch
PVC / GI Pipe
e
Wid
t
f
2

in

Per Meter Calculations:

ch

Brick Size

Amount of Sand Required : 9 sq. ft(3x3)

Number of Bricks Required: 18 ((2x3)x3))
4 inch
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Sand

Optical
Fiber Cable

OFC Testing / Troubleshooting

OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflecto-meter)
Fluke Meter ***
LED / LD Gun

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Optical Time Domain

Reflecto- Meter (OTDR)
OTDR uses backscattered light of
the fiber to imply loss. The OTDR
works like RADAR, sending a high
power laser light pulse down the
fiber and looking for return signals
from backscattered light in the fiber
itself or reflected light from
connector or splice interfaces.
Not recommended over shorter
distances
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Optical Fiber Cable

Based Lab

Media
Converter
(UTP Fiber)

CAT6/CAT5e /CAT5
UTP Patch Cord

Media
Converter
(UTP Fiber)

CAT6/CAT5e /CAT5
UTP Patch Cord

SC-SC Multimode Optical

Fiber Patch Cord
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Questions & Answers