BendBright XS Whitepaper

Why bend-insensitive fibre? Future-proofing today’s networks Bend-insensitive fibre’s resilience gives manufacturers the ability to design cabling solutions which were previously impossible to create, but are now demanded by today’s rapidly changing environments. BendBright XS fibres support the full use of transmission bands, covering the entire wavelength spectrum: from 1260 nm to 1625 nm for data transmission, and up to1675nmfornetworkmonitoring. This is particularly important when future-proofing higher capacity networks, which will likely operate outside of present standard ranges. Naturally, such cabling solutions are also beneficial for optimising network operators’ Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), making networks quicker and easier to install. Plus, they will stay ahead of the competition when it comes to being ‘future-fit’. As our demand for information continues to increase, fibre networks are becoming more dynamic, crowded, and limited for space. All of this sees fibre bends becoming more likely to occur. Preventing power leakage due tobendingeffects is therefore a crucial component of high- performing optical networks. Support PON Evolution and Full Optical Spectrum High-capacity networks expanded beyond standard wavelength ranges Prevents bend- induced power leakage and failures ! Optimised Total Cost of Ownership 1260 1280 1290 1480 1525 1550 1330 1500 1544 1560 1575 1581 1603 1675 1596 1625 GPON/EPON XGS/XGPON1/10-10EPON XGS/XGPON1/10-10EPON NGPON2 TWDM-PON GPON/EPON/1-10EPON TWDM-PON OTDR RF video PtP WDM-PON The increasing wavelength requirements of Passive Optical Networks