WDM for Optical Fiber Capacity Expansion

WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) provides an

easy-to-implement solution for long-distance transmission of
high-speed and large-capacity information, which would increase
transmission capacity of the communication network.

The traditional optical transmission method is that one fiber can

only transmit one wavelength signal in a single time, while WDM
transmits several wavelengths of light simultaneously over a single
optical fiber. WDM mainly realizes wavelength multiplexing and
demultiplexing through a combiner and a splitter. At the
transmitting end, signals of multiple wavelengths are multiplexed
together by a combiner and coupled to the one same optical fiber
for transmission; At the receiving end, the optical signals of different
wavelengths are separated by a splitter to restore the original signal.
The wavelength division multiplexer has both multiplexing and
demultiplexing functions. In long-distance transmission, an optical
amplifier is usually used to enhance the optical singal transmission
to aviod minimum attenuation.
The index of characteristics of WDM includes insertion loss, return
loss, polarization loss, channel isolation, operating temperature, etc.
The two most important characteristics to be measured are insertion
loss and isolation.Insertion loss refers to the attenuation caused by
the insertion of WDM filter into the optical transmission system. The
lower the insertion loss, the better.The isolation refers to the degree
to which one channel signal interferes with another channel, and the
higher the degree of isolation, the better.

Features:
Multiply the transmission capacity. The characteristics of WDM
enable it to make full use of the bandwidth resources of the fiber, so
that the transmission capacity of one fiber is increased by multiple
times than that of a single wavelength. With a channel rate of 10
Gbit/s or 2.5 Gbit/s, the number of WDM channels can be can be up
to more than 32, ensuring that the transmission capacity can reach
300~400Gbit/s.

Good compatibility.WDM has good compatibility with different

signals. When transmitting signals with different properties such as
image, data and voice, each wavelength is independent from each
other and does not interfere with each other to ensure the
transparency of transmission.

On the basis of not changing the existing basic network architecture,

WDM allows you to expand capacity without replacing your existing
infrastructure and with minimal, if any, service interruption.

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