Electrical network analyzer FTB-5600

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The first distributed PMD analyzer on the market. Breaks down PMD assessment to pinpoint faulty sections on your link, enabling cost-effective, targeted upgrades. Shedding New Light on Polarization Mode Dispersion High-speed transmission—10, 40 and 100 Gbit/s—is becoming increasingly widespread, which brings challenges when it comes to upgrading existing fiber architectures. Namely, polarization mode dispersion (PMD) can be quality-limitative, as PMD increases as transmission speed increases. Up until today, operators dealing with a high-PMD situation were faced with two options: trying to find another fiber fit for high-speed transmission, or replacing the whole link. Whereas the former option is no guarantee, since other fibers installed around the same time will likely display similar PMD problems, the latter option, although effective, can be extremely costly. EXFO's FTB-5600 Distributed PMD Analyzer adds a third option into the mix: replacing only the faulty sections of the link. The first instrument of its kind on the market, the FTB-5600 delivers a clearer, more detailed picture of a link's PMD, one that performs a paradigm shift from "effective but costly" to "cost-effective".