WDM Flashcards

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Wavelength division multiplexing

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Allows bidirectional communication on one strand of fiber
- uses diff wavelengths for each signal to not get signals mixed up

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CWDM

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Coarse wavelength-division multiplexing- uses 4 3.125gbps carriers each with its own wavelength
Standard-10GBase-Lx4

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DWDM

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Dense wavelength division multiplexing-1.6tbps, 160 signals

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