Avaya 4900 Series Manual page 67

media
metropolitan area
network (MAN)
multimode fiber
(MMF)
multiplexing
nanometer (nm)
single-mode fiber
(SMF)
Small Form Factor
Pluggable (SFP)
Small Form Factor
Pluggable plus (SFP
+)
unshielded twisted
pair (UTP)
April 2016 Installing Transceivers and Optical Components on Avaya ERS 4900 and 5900
A substance that transmits data between ports; usually fiber optic cables or
category 5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) copper wires.
A broadband network that covers an area larger than a Local Area Network.
A fiber with a core diameter larger than the wavelength of light transmitted
that you can use to propagate many modes of light. Commonly used with
LED sources for low speed and short distance lengths. Typical core sizes
(measured in microns) are 50/125, 62.5/125 and 100/140.
Carriage of multiple channels over a single transmission medium; a process
where a dedicated circuit is shared by multiple users. Typically, data
streams intersperse on a bit or byte basis (time division), or separate by
different carrier frequencies (frequency division).
One billionth of a meter (10
express the wavelengths of light.
One of the various light waves transmitted in an optical fiber. Each optical
signal generates many modes, but in single-mode fiber only one mode is
transmitted. Transmission occurs through a small diameter core
(approximately 10 micrometers), with a cladding that is 10 times the core
diameter. These fibers have a potential bandwidth of 50 to 100 gigahertz
(GHz) per kilometer.
A hot-swappable input and output enhancement component that allows
gigabit Ethernet ports to link with other gigabit Ethernet ports over various
media types.
SFP+ transceivers are similar to SFPs in physical appearance but SFP+
transceivers provide Ethernet at 10 gigabits per second (Gbps).
A cable with one or more pairs of twisted insulated copper conductors
bound in a single plastic sheath.
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meter). A unit of measure commonly used to
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