Governing Standards
In order for various manufacturers to be able to develop components that function compatibly in fiber optic communication systems, a number of standards have been developed. The International Telecommunications Union publishes several standards related to the characteristics and performance of fibers themselves, including
- ITU-T G.651, "Characteristics of a 50/125 µm multimode graded index optical fibre cable"
- ITU-T G.652, "Characteristics of a single-mode optical fibre cable"
Other standards specify performance criteria for fiber, transmitters, and receivers to be used together in conforming systems. Some of these standards are:
- 100 Gigabit Ethernet
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- Fibre Channel
- Gigabit Ethernet
- HIPPI
- Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
- Synchronous Optical Networking
- Optical Transport Network (OTN)
TOSLINK is the most common format for digital audio cable using plastic optical fiber to connect digital sources to digital receivers.
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