Author: AMP, Inc.

Company: AMP, Inc.

This document is presented as seven linked pages of varying lengths. The other six pages and their contents are:

Why Fiber? Why Now?

The Seven Advantages of Fiber

The Four Myths About Fiber Optics

Fibers and Cables

Total Internal Reflection

Types of Fibers: Singlemode or Multimode?

Fiber Properties

Cables

Transmitters and Receivers

Getting the Information In and Out

Lasers and LEDs

Detectors

Transmitters, Receivers, and Transceivers

Link Power Margin

Connectors and Other Hardware

Alignment: The Key to Low Loss

PC: Polishing Correctness

Types of Connectors

Terminating the Fiber: To Epoxy or Not to Epoxy

Neatness Counts: Hardware Organizes Fiber

Fiber in the Building: Starting with a Solid Premises

Some Network Issues

Ethernet (IEEE 802.3)

Token Ring (IEEE 802.5)

FDDI (ANSI X3T9)

100VG-AnyLAN (IEEE 802.12)

Fast Ethernet (802.3)

ATM (ATM Forum)

Building Cabling Standards: EIA/TIA-568A and IEC/ISO 11801

Fiber to the Desk

Hubs, Transceivers, and Other Network Components

Appendix

Understanding Insertion Loss

Certifying a Fiber Optic Cabling System

Calculating a Power Budget