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CWDM Design Guide

The iConverter CWDM Design Guide is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to designing CWDM networks with iConverter CWMD modules, media converters, transponders and SFPs. This document reviews a variety of topologies and configurations in detail with product model numbers, and provides examples of how to calculate optical budgets for CWDM networks. This is a valuable resource for network designers implementing CWDM in telecom, municipal, utility and enterprise networks.

Introduction to Media Conversion

How to use media converters to implement and optimize fiber links in Enterprise networks.

This white paper provides an overview of media conversion technology with application examples describing the wide variety of fiber network connectivity solutions achieved with media converters. 

802.3ah OAM for Carrier-Class Optical Ethernet in the First Mile

The functions, goals and benefits of 802.3ah OAM Ethernet Fiber Access with Network Interface Devices

The IEEE 802.3ah OAM standard has been developed to bring the Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) mechanisms used in traditional carrier networks to effectively maintain and troubleshoot broadband Ethernet networks. This paper addresses fiber in the First Mile and provides an informative overview of the 802.3ah OAM specification and addresses all Ethernet in the First Mile technologies, including Copper and Fiber.

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