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Re: 80 km BiDi XFPs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Nicolle?)
Mon Apr 29 01:29:43 2013
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:28:45 +0200
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Nicolle?= <jerome@ceriz.fr>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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Le 03/04/2013 01:15, Frank Bulk a écrit :
> BiDi XFPs
Why not using a duplex 120km and a circulator[1] ? This could be far
more reliable if you avoid PC connectors on the way.
You may also mux several DWDM waves using this and a low-loss mux (found
<1.5dB for 8 channels).
Of course, for such lenghts, you may need a chromatic dispersion
compensator.
[1] http://www.thorlabs.de/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=373
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Jérôme Nicolle
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