Precision OT enjoyed connecting in person this year at the SCTE Expo and came away with some fresh insights on where cable network technology is heading: 1) FDX vs FDD While a clear winner has not yet been declared, the technology battle between Full Duplex DOCSIS (FDX) and Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD, or sometimes called […]
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Meeting 5G Expectations with a Complete Layer 1 Solution The 5th Generation Mobile Network (ie. 5G) comes with a lot of promise: higher data rates, ultra low latency, higher reliability, massive network capacity, dense connections and the list goes on. But in practical terms, how does one achieve 5G’s highest potential? What preparation, design,
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In planning out your CWDM and/or DWDM network, there are 9 questions to consider and discuss with your passives partner: Passive (unpowered) networking components provide an efficient, reliable method of maximizing bandwidth while using minimal fiber. Historically, passive technologies such as wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) were used for long-haul and subsea transmission. In more recent years,
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What is The Trade Agreement Act (TAA) and why does it matters when choosing a vendor? The acronym TAA refers to the Trade Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. & 2501-2581), which requires that the U.S. Government acquire only end products made in the U.S. or designated countries. Per the act, “contractors must certify that each end
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Rochester, NY — August 26, 2022 — Precision Optical Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has earned a spot on the 2022 Top 100 list of fastest-growing, privately owned companies in the Rochester and Finger Lakes region. Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce plans to reveal the 36th annual Top 100 rankings at the Top 100
In this Q&A, our network experts discuss tuning methods for tunable optics and considerations for how to choose the right tunable optic for your network. Q: What is meant by CLI tuning and External tuning? A: Tunable transceivers can be natively tuned via CLI (Command Line Interface within a switch/router) or externally tuned (non-CLI tunable)
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“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Some say Leonardo Da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath, said this, but it’s actually from American writer, politician and ambassador, Clare Booth Luce. Either way, in the world of 5G and optical networks, where everything can get complicated quickly, the idea of simplicity as the ideal can be a powerful
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Do you find yourself sacrificing on the quality of your optics to maintain a reasonable budget? We’re here to fix that. In today’s economic climate, budgets are tight, and the bottom line governs all. We’re increasingly hearing from Network Engineers that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep projects moving without turning to optical solutions of
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Supply chain disruptions run deep. Supply chain disruptions run deep across a multitude of industries — almost anyone and everyone have been impacted. While global supply chains continue to experience logistical challenges, including port closures, manufacturing shortages and more, the optical networking industry is faced with its own set of challenges as it relates to
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In the first two blogs of our “Into the Transceiver-verse” series, we talked about how to choose the right transceivers for your application and summarized the transceiver types available. In this blog, we’ll focus on 3 techniques to help overcome data rate and distance challenges. Throughout the history and the evolution of transceivers, demand
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