Fiber Optic Media Converter SFP+ Mini 10GB OEO - 3R Repeater

Got a fiber backbone that's just out of reach to bridge in one run, or do you need to continue a multimode fiber path as a single-mode link? This Mini OEO media converter acts as a 3R repeater and fiber signal regenerator. OEO (Optical-Electrical-Optical) means the light signal is briefly converted into an electrical signal to be cleaned up, then sent back out as light. Both sides carry an SFP+ slot, so you decide which module to place at each side — to link two different fiber types together, or to send the signal onward at a different wavelength.

Benefits

• 3R regeneration (Regeneration, Reshaping, Retiming): restores the shape, timing and strength of the optical signal.
• Usable for both signal boosting and conversion between multimode and single-mode fiber, and between different wavelengths. 1310 nm and 1550 nm are the two most-used 'colours' of invisible light in fiber networks; through CWDM and DWDM, multiple colours travel together over one fiber to add data capacity (DWDM packs colours more densely than CWDM, with more channels per cable).
• Supports not only 10G Ethernet but also other standards for telecom and datacenter traffic: SDH/SONET (the protocols telecom operators have used for decades to send data over their fiber networks in an organised way), Fiber Channel (for fast storage in datacenters) and OTN (Optical Transport Network, the more modern successor to SDH/SONET with built-in error correction).
• Mini form factor, takes up barely any space.
• Supports loop back and DDM for testing and monitoring the fiber link.

Applications

• Boost a 10G fiber signal halfway through a long run, before it covers the next 80 km.
• Bridge two networks on different wavelengths through CWDM or DWDM transitions.
• Convert a multimode fiber network to a single-mode link or the other way around, by choosing a matching SFP+ module at each side.
• Integrate a 10G Ethernet path with an existing SDH/SONET or OTN network (the fiber networks operated by telecom providers).
• Build a long MAN (Metropolitan Area Network, within a city or region) or WAN (Wide Area Network, over large distances) fiber link with multiple repeater stages.
• Place it in a telecom room or fiber junction for signal regeneration between separate fiber paths.
• Usable in an R&D laboratory for testing and validating fiber links.

Technical features

The converter operates at transmission speeds from 8.5 to 11.7 Gb/s and supports a range of 10-Gigabit protocols: 10G LAN (10.31 Gbps) for Ethernet, 10G WAN (10 Gbps), SDH STM-64 / SONET OC-192 (9.95 Gbps, for telecom transport), OTN OTU-2 (10.70 Gbps), 8.5G and 10G Fiber Channel (for storage), 10G POS (Packet over SONET, network data over SONET fiber), and 10G LAN with FEC coding (11.09 Gbps — FEC = Forward Error Correction, for extra error correction).

Maximum forwarding rate: about 14.9 million packets per second. Both sides carry an SFP+ slot, with a reach of up to 80 km per module. The unit supports jumbo frames and hot plugging.

It runs on an external 5-12 V DC adaptor and uses no more than 4 W. It works reliably between 0 and +50 °C.

Want to keep your fiber backbone strong and stable over a long distance, or link two different fiber types together? Order this Mini 10G OEO media converter, pick the SFP+ modules that fit your link and place it at the right point in your network. Questions about wavelength, fiber type or setup? We're happy to advise.