Chapter 2 Calculating transmission distance 29
Procedure
To calculate the maximum transmission distance for a proposed network configuration:
1Identify all points where signal strength will be lost.
2Calculate the expected loss for each point.
3Find total passive loss by adding the expected losses together.
4Find remaining signal strength by subtracting passive loss, and system margin from total system budget.
5Find maximum transmission distance by dividing remaining signal strength by expected fiber attenuation/km.
Point-to-point transmission distance
The following factors affect signal strength, and determine
•CWDM OMUX mux loss
•CWDM OMUX demux loss
•Fiber attenuation
The Ethernet switch host does not have to be near the CWDM OMUX, and the CWDM OMUX does not regenerate signal. Therefore, maximum transmission distance is from GBIC to GBIC.
Figure 11 Point-to-point network configuration example
Transmission Distance
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