The key advantages of the fiber cable includes high bandwidth, high speed, low interference , more data carrying capacity, greater resistance to the electromagnetic waves and less maintenance cost.
Light pulses passes through the fibers smoothly and with low interference. It has become the ideal transmission medium for the ISPs, telecommunication companies and other institutes. It has much more bandwidth capacity than the traditional UTP/STP and coaxial cables. They are thinner than the UTP/STP and other communication cables.
Data travels in the digital format so it provides the very high speed communication. It is very common communication medium the local area network and in telecommunication networks. It is also used as the backbone cable between the two ISPs. Fiber optic cable can be classified into the following major types.
- Zip Cord
- Distribution
- Loose Tube
- Breakout
There are two main types of the fiber optic cable single mode and double mode. Single mode cable is suitable for the distance up to 100KM without the repeater and the multimode cable is suitable for the distance up to 2KM.
Fiber optic technology provides high speed transmission not only for the computer networks, cable TV, video systems but also for the future applications that require very high speed communications. Special types of connectors are used to connect both the end of the cable.
These connectors include ST Connector, FDDI Connector, SMA Connector, FC Connector, Mini-BNC Connector and MT-RJ connector. The fiber technology is in place from 30 years and it has been improved to support the emerging technologies and business critical applications in the LAN.