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What role do SDN and NFV play on the 5G network?

As I started to understand the 5G core network architecture, I noticed that the Software Definition Network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) was mentioned twice as two emerging technologies. However, many articles ignore the important role played by SDN and NFV technology in 5G, and

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The knowledge about 10GBASE-T SFP+ Transceiver that you should know

10GBASE-T is an Ethernet specification using a copper twisted pair connection (Cat6a or Cat7) with an effective bandwidth of 10 Gbit/s and a maximum transmission distance of up to 100 meters. Compared with other 10G optical modules, the 10GBASE-T copper SFP+ transceiver has stable performance, you

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Public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, are you confused?

In recent years, with the gradual popularization of cloud computing technology, more and more enterprises began to choose the deployment of cloud computing solutions, but how to choose the public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, or how they are specific differences, many people do not

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Optical transmission will play an important role in the

Nowadays, consumers and enterprise cloud business are driving the development of data centers, whether it is relying on IT transformation of traditional enterprises, or Internet content providers (ICP), it needs a scalable data center architecture to meet the east-west traffic growth. According to

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Fiber-optic & copper cable hybrid, Can it dominate the deployment of

The cost pressures and deployment difficulties of FTTH forced telecom operators to rethink the value of copper cables. As a result, the simultaneous deployment of fiber-optic and copper cable is the leading of future access network deployment, this has become the consensus of the industrial chain,

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Do you know radio-over-fiber(ROF)?

There are many disadvantages of digital fiber network: Its terminal equipment is limited, can only connect a few sensors, not support or support a small number of wireless network devices, mobility is limited; the network is difficult to expand, does not support multi-communication protocol

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6 useful methods for optical fiber jumper management

Many customers do not understand the fiber jumper management methods, we have to learn how to properly manage fiber patch cord and other related products, which will bring a lot of benefits for our work. For example, you can easily find the installed fiber jumpers, then the maintenance work will

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What is the market demand for the Data Center Optical transceiver?

High-speed optical transceiver market began to grow at the end of 2016, its core driving force is the international large/ultra large data center upgrades and new demands on 40G and 100G transceiver. As the core device to achieve photoelectric conversion, the Optical transceiver module is widely

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What hampered the deployment of 40G / 100G transceiver in data center?

This article will explore some practical problems and difficulties in the application of high-speed transceiver in the data center. In order to catch up with the development of new technologies such as cloud computing in a data center, we must build a high-speed traffic forwarding network. In

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The data center terminology you should know

A complete data center mainly includes power supply system, wiring system, air conditioning system, cabinet system, and network system, these nouns are indispensable important part in the daily work of data center. A qualified data center practitioner can only master these common nouns and some

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Knowledge about fiber media converter that you should know

Fiber media converters is an indispensable network data transmission equipment, then what is optical media converter, it has what composition, what role does it play in the data dissemination process? Fiber media converters include three basic functional modules: optical media conversion chip,

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How does the POE switch apply to the Security Network monitoring

PoE switch performance is more advanced and sophisticated, the appearance is more and more handsome. With the development of network monitoring, PoE switch applications are more and more common, so a lot of information about PoE switch can be found on the Internet. So, there are a lot of articles

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HBA detailed explanation, how much you know?

HBA Overview Host bus adapters (HBAs) are a circuit board and/or IC adapter that provides input/output (I/O) processing and physical connectivity between servers and storage devices. Because HBAs reduce the burden on the host processor in data storage and retrieval tasks, it can improve server

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Building a green data center using a fiber-optic cabling System

With the widespread use of innovative technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization in data centers, the data center is ushering in a new moment of change. China generic cabling market size According to the data provided by third parties, the size of China's cabling market in 2014 was

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Will Wideband Multimode Fiber be a new option for future data centers?

Multimode fiber has evolved from OM1, OM2, OM3 to OM4 since entering the market in the 1980s. Among them, OM3 is for vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) light source optimized multimode fiber, the effective mode bandwidth (EMB) reaches 2000MHZ. Km, which can support transmit distance up

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White box switch, how much do you know?

The white box is not a new concept, we are most familiar with the "white box desktop computer", buy a stack of hardware assembly, choose an operating system such as Windows, Ubuntu to install, and finally cheaper half the money than "branded desktop". The white box switch corresponds to the brand

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Do you know where the fiber media converters are used?

Fiber media converter is an Ethernet transmission media conversion unit that converts short distance twisted-pair electrical signals and long-distance optical signals and is also called Ethernet media converter. It is generally used in Ethernet networks that the network cable can not be covered,

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Data center: 25G, 40G, 100G, which is the best solution?

Which things must be concerned on Internet + times, the answer is undoubtedly the "big data", and the data center is the key to the success of large data strategy, need to keep pace with the times. Although 10G Ethernet has been the most cost-effective, high-performance interconnect in the data

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