An optical communications repeater is used in a fiber-optic communications system to regenerate an optical signal. Such repeaters are used to extend the...
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are several different types of repeaters; a telephone repeater is an amplifier in a telephone line, an optical repeater is an optoelectronic circuit that...
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Fiber-optic communication (redirect from Optical fiber communications)
be regenerated at intermediate points in the link by optical communications repeaters. Repeaters add substantial cost to a communication system, and so...
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(optical regenerator), an optical communications repeater that performs reamplification, reshaping, and retiming Intelsat 3R, a former communications satellite...
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telephone traffic, then data communications traffic. These early cables used copper wires in their cores, but modern cables use optical fiber technology to carry...
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with repeater spacing of about 50 km. The capacity of fiber optic networks has increased in part due to improvements in components, such as optical amplifiers...
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of Economic Opportunity Optical-electrical-optical conversion of data, often with respect to an optical communications repeater Opto-electronic oscillator...
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Svalbard Undersea Cable System (category Communications in Svalbard)
832 mi). Each consists of eight fiber pairs and there are twenty optical communications repeaters on each segment. Each segment has a speed of 10 gigabits per...
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of long-distance fiber systems by reducing or eliminating optical-electrical-optical repeaters, in 1986 and 1987 respectively. The emerging field of photonic...
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Fiber-optic cable (redirect from Optical fiber cable)
cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable but containing one or more optical fibers that are used to...
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An amateur radio repeater is an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level amateur radio signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher...
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important in optical communication and laser physics. They are used as optical repeaters in the long distance fiber-optic cables which carry much of the world's...
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relevant in the fields of telecommunication, computer networking and optical communications. The system supports high bandwidth demands from applications like...
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Network interface device (redirect from Optical network terminal)
Information Administration. 1996-08-23. "What is an Optical Network Terminal (ONT)?". Verizon Communications, Inc. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06...
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Data communication (redirect from Data communications)
point-to-multipoint communication channel. Examples of such channels are copper wires, optical fibers, wireless communication using radio spectrum, storage media and...
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Computer network (redirect from Computer communications)
communications cables to interconnect continents. There are two basic types of fiber optics, single-mode optical fiber (SMF) and multi-mode optical fiber...
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Point-to-point (telecommunications) (redirect from Point to point communications)
both switches and repeater hubs provide point-to-point connections on the physical layer. However, on the data link layer, a repeater hub provides point-to-multipoint...
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Telecommunications (redirect from Electronic communications)
voice communications have gradually been supplemented by data. The physical limitations of metallic media prompted the development of optical fibre....
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Quantum network (section Repeaters)
realize than standard optical switches. Finally, one requires a quantum repeater to transport qubits over long distances. Repeaters appear in between end...
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Transmission medium (section Optical medium)
transmission line. Optical fiber, which has emerged as the most commonly used transmission medium for long-distance communications, is a thin strand of...
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Network topology (section Repeaters and hubs)
across the repeater, or repeater pair, even if a different physical layer may be used between the ends of the repeater, or repeater pair. Repeaters require...
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Telecommunications engineering (redirect from Communications system engineering)
passive reflector for radio communications. Courier 1B, built by Philco, also launched in 1960, was the world's first active repeater satellite. Satellites...
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repeaters when the distance between them exceeded the limitations of ThickNet cable. The initial specification, known as Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link...
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Transponder (section Optical communications)
signal or signals. A communications satellite’s channels are called transponders because each is a separate transceiver or repeater. With digital video...
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Wavelength-division multiplexing (category Fiber-optic communications)
fiber-optic communications, wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) is a technology which multiplexes a number of optical carrier signals onto a single optical fiber...
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Fibre-optic Link Around the Globe (redirect from FLAG Alcatel-Lucent Optical Network)
through an optical coupler. The majority of the repeater components are passive. These include EDF, fused-fibre optical couplers and optical isolators...
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Microwave transmission (redirect from Microwave communications)
requires a series of repeaters forming a microwave relay network. It is possible to use microwave signals in over-the-horizon communications using tropospheric...
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S band (section Optical communications)
15 GHz SHF (Ka Band) towards the satellite. S band is also used in optical communications to refer to the wavelength range 1460 nm to 1530 nm.[citation needed]...
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Radio over fiber (section Wireless Communications)
wireless media. By using optical fiber, the radio signals can gap larger transmission distances, reducing the need of additional repeaters or amplifiers. In...
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Duplex (telecommunications) (redirect from Duplex (communications))
systems can extend their range by using sets of simple repeater stations because the communications transmitted on any single frequency always travel in...
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