Looking at fiber's role on campus networks

Dealing with a high volume of network traffic is also still a common theme on campus networks, even though the nature of that traffic has changed to some degree. In particular, the network is increasingly being delivered to a location and being transferred to wireless signal - allowing users on a wide range of devices to access the infrastructure.

This move to wireless functionality on campus networks creates a major problem, as many users will connect, for example, a laptop, smartphone and video game console to the network simultaneously. The network needs to be able to handle this kind of capacity while also supporting advanced research. This is making sophisticated fiber interconnects an essential technology in campus networks, as they provide vital backhaul infrastructure wireless hotspots.

Perle has an extensive range of Managed and Unmanaged Fiber Media Converters to extended copper-based Ethernet equipment over a fiber optic link, multimode to multimode and multimode to single mode fiber up to 160km.