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NVQ5 ICT _ Local Area Network_ What is Optical Fiber Cables

Optical fiber cables

These cables are use light for transmission of data instead of other electrical signal used by the utp cables.

They can carry data for long distances no matter even to a few milometer.

There are two types of cables.

Single mode-used for high bandwidth requirement for long distances.
Multi-mode- used for shorter distances.

They connect directly to the Fiber Patch Panel at either end.

Usually they come from multiple cores 6 core/ 12core/24 core

24 core are common.


For each connection, two cores are used – one for transmit and another for receive.



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