How Optical Transceivers and SFP Modules Enhance

Fiber Network Performance

There is a rapid growth and development with very many upgrades and updates
of the network applications. These modern appliances make use of the SFP
fiber transceivers modules. The Small Form Factor pluggable (SFP) modules
are compact hot-pluggable modules that are used in both the
telecommunications and data communications to enhance the fiber network
performance.

Network protocol support

Optical Transceivers are designed to support a couple of network protocols
such as;
-

Fiber channel
Gigabit Ethernet
Optical and copper Transceivers
Path panels
Fiber optic couplers

- Media converters
- LAN Extenders
- CWDM Multiplexers and other unique product lines in order to enhance
the network performance.
The use of fiber optic transceiver is gaining more popularity because of
its share of energy consumption and increasing data network. It is an
energy-efficient technology that has been crucial for the scaling of the
internet. The SFP modules are available with a variety of transmitters
and receiver types. Users should select the appropriate transceivers for
each link, in order to have the required optical reach for the type of
transceiver chosen.

The Efficiency of SFP Transceiver Modules in Optical Networks

The high speed fiber optic transceivers form the backbone of the optical
networks. Communication, the servers, and other electronic systems depend

on these high-speed transceivers. The global adoption of the internet has

been experiencing rapid growth with applications such as the online
commerce, streaming of videos, social networking, and the cloud service.
The leading vendors offer a broad range of the optical product selection.
They are positioned with the innovative technologies that most of the
manufacturers have addressed. The leading vendors are taking a leading
role in the data communication and telecommunication equipment that are
available on the market. The shift has been on leveraging the design of
these modules to make sure that they are flexible and compatible with
various optical components.
The transceivers are capable of making transmissions at distances that
range from very short to certain kilometers. These transmitters feature
outstanding performance with units that work over an extended voltage and
temperature ranges. They are positioned to minimize the jitter,
electromagnetic interference (EMI) and any power dissipation.
The use of the optical components is an innovative design for the network.
The Optical transceivers support and facilitate the low-cost transport
through the network. Transceivers are highly used in data centers and
dictate the design of the network infrastructure.
The Transceiver types
The standard optical transceivers include the GBIC, SFP, XFP, SFP+, X2
and the CFP. These transceivers are able to accommodate a wide range of
link spans. Vendors work closely with the network planners, analysts and
the infrastructure managers in order to make designs of the high-speed
optical transport systems. The modern 40Gbps modules are being shrinked
by the designers in order to boost the system capacity.

How SFP Transceiver Modules Enhance Network Performance

The use of the Optical Transceivers has been an innovative engine in
supporting the modern network. The adoption of the widespread use of these
devices and the vast increase in the internet traffic has been the core
change in the communications infrastructure market.
The SFP modules are designed to support SONET, Gigabit Ethernet, Fiber
Channel and other communications standards. Most of the SFP transceivers
support the digital Diagnostic Monitoring (DDM) and the Digital Optical
Monitoring (DOM). These are the features that give the users the ability
to monitor any real time parameters of the SFP such as the optical input
power, the temperature, the laser bias current and the transceiver supply
voltage.
Applicability
The SFP modules interface a network device motherboard for a switch,
router, and media converter to a fiber networking cable. The SFP
Transceiver allows the transport of fast Ethernet and the gigabit Ethernet
LAN packets over time-division multiplexing based on WANs and other
packet-switched networks.
Advantages of the Fiber Optic Transceiver in Optical Network

The advantage of the fiber optical transceivers in an optical network is

that the transceiver converts the Ethernet data to the optical signals.
The optical multiplexing technology and other technologies makes the
sending of the signals and the receipt signals transmit in the same optical
fiber. It therefore completes the bidirectional transmission of data on
a single fiber and reaches the purpose of saving the fiber optic. It is
an economical and cost-effective way of extending the transmission
distance of the data.