Fibre Networks

Whether you’re involved with fibre networks that move the world’s Internet traffic, build vehicles that use fibre links, or make industrial equipment that powers manufacturing, our specialist fibre network products can help you at every step of the way. From fibre network test, simulation and impairment, to real-time monitoring and automated protection switching – we have your needs covered.

Fibre Network Switching

Wireline, RF over fibre, and data centre networks need to be fast, flexible, and adaptive – as does how they’re controlled and reconfigured.

And using Optical Circuit Switches, Operators can remotely provision, reconfigure, and protect the layer 1 switching infrastructure with a simple to use drag and drop interface.

This centralised control of connections removes the need for remote site visits, lets you switch large elephant flows during peak times, and enables the mass aggregation of monitored WAN links for security obligations.

Switching in the optical domain also provides latency and energy savings by removing the need to convert inbound light signals to electrical then back again to light before egress. This lets you switch 100’s of fibres, each with 100 channels of 100G, using just power of a light bulb.

Read more about our Huber+Suhner Polatis Optical Circuit Switches here. 

OTDRs for precision accuracy testing​

Whether you want to characterise short length fibre or find the precise location of fibre artifacts, our Luciol high resolution OTDR provides sub-cm event accuracy – perfect for: ​

• Short length fibre assembly ​
• Fibre optic harnesses / harsh environments ​
• Military vehicles, trains, ships, and aircraft ​
• Fibre sensor development​
• Oil / gas Christmas tree optical links 

Fibre Network Impairment

Fibre delay lines are crucial for signal timing and latency-sensitive applications.

Our M2 Optics high-precision solutions, available in rack-mount and portable enclosures, ensure space-efficient installation and seamless connectivity.

Other solutions in our M2 Optics portfolio include:

• Optical time delays & delay lines
• Fibre optic event simulators
• Specialised fibre spools
• Speciality fibre components
• 3D design and part production

Remotely Monitoring Fibre Networks​

Fibre networks are critical to the world’s economies, communications, and content broadcasting, so downtime and poor performance will have wide and impactful ramifications. ​

Such importance mandates real-time visibility of issues that could put fibre network uptime or SLA delivery at risk – and issues do occur.​

For example, optical fibre degradation can lead to impaired signals and outages – as can dirty and damaged fibre connectors from frequent or careless insertion and removal.​

But not only that, in this era of cyber espionage and disruption to fibre infrastructure, Operators need to know if and where their fibre cables are being interfered with or tapped for data exfiltration.​

In all scenarios, our VeEX Remote Fibre Test System (RFTS) gives real-time visibility of the location of fibre breaks, splices, and other artifacts that can impact uptime and reliability in live and dark fibre networks. ​

And when it comes to combating cyber espionage, sabotage, and fibre tampering, our VeEX RFTS will alert you to the types of signal strength changes that imply nefarious activity. ​

The RFTS’ modular platform incorporates an optical control module and optical switching module that support fibre monitoring expansion from 8 to 108 ports in a 1u rack. An expanded system can support up to 4,608 monitoring ports. 

Fibre mapping is supported via GeoServer or selected 3rd party GIS/Cable inventory software such as IQGeo (MyWorld Fiber Planning), Esri ArcGIS, and OSPInsight as examples. ​

So, whether your fibre network footprint is small or large, our VeEX RFTS provides a robust and scalable solution to protect your fibre optic network and all the criticality it carries.