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FROM THE PRESIDENT
05 Continuity By Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP
COVER ARTICLE
06 FiberG: Fiber Everywhere for 5G and
Beyond: 5G is here! The rising importance of optical
fiber for 5G and future mobile/converged networks
is inevitable. Discover how and why optical fiber is
essential for 5G/6G and the future mobile/converged
network infrastructure, even among challenges
needing to be addressed. This is the dawn
of the “fiber generation.” It is the dawn of FiberG.
By Konstantinos Stavropoulos, Ph.D.
18 Discover How to Convert Multimode
Optical Fibers into Singlemode to Support Growing
Bandwidth: Nearly 75 percent of the optical fibers
deployed in the LAN are multimode. Bandwidth-
intensive applications and latency-aware traffic
are becoming ubiquitous. With MPLC-based technologies,
there is no need for large costly cabling
projects; simply convert multimode optical fibers
into non-dispersion singlemode.
By Kevin Lengle, Ph.D.
26 The Process of Selecting Media for Industrial
Ethernet Networks: Selecting appropriate media for
a robust and reliable industrial Ethernet network is
imperative. Three viable media types are optical
fiber, balanced twisted-pair and wireless. Their
various characteristics are defined and use criteria
outlined to help ICT physical infrastructure designers
identify the correct media choices.
By Luke Young, RCDD
36 A Comparison of Blown Fiber and
Conventional Optical Fiber Installation Methods:
By comparing conventional and blown fiber
installation methods via actual OSP and inside plant
installation examples, designers and installers can
better understand these viable installation methods
in an age when the enterprise customer confronts
ever-increasing bandwidth demands and the
continuous influx of emerging technologies.
By Kathy Woolf, RCDD
46 Passive Optical LAN Transforming ICT
in Health Care: Healthcare facilities are struggling
to address the IoT explosion, the influx of wireless
devices, assurance of greater stability through
constant availability and strict quality of service
(QoS) in support of mission-critical services. Learn
how and why optical fiber-based POL meets the
needs of health care now and into the future.
By John Hoover
58 How Smart Planning and Cabling
Can Shape a Successful Healthcare Facility:
This article provides the prescription for a healthy
telecommunications room (TR). Unlike typical
commercial buildings, healthcare facilities must
support several dozen subsystems to operate
efficiently. These subsystems demand careful
ICT infrastructure design and planning to create
TRs that can deliver high-bandwidth and resilient
low-latency connectivity and much more.
By Mitch Cohen, RCDD
JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020
Volume 41, Issue 1
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