Difference between coarse wave CWDM and dense wave DWDM
2017-08-21
DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) is undoubtedly the preferred technology in the field of optical fiber applications, but its expensive price makes many operators who are not enough to hesitate. Is it possible to enjoy WDM technology at a lower cost? Faced with this demand, CWDM (sparse wavelength division multiplexing) emerges as the times require.
Sparse wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM), as the name suggests, is the next of kin to dense wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), which has two main differences:
1.CWDM carrier channel spacing is wide, so the same optical fiber can only reuse 8 to 16 or so wavelength, and DWDM can reuse 80 to 160 wavelengths, "sparse" and "dense" name difference from this;
2.CWDM modulation laser adopts non cooling laser, and DWDM adopts cooling laser. The cooling laser is tuned by temperature, and the non cooled laser is tuned electronically. Because the temperature distribution in a wide wavelength range is very uneven, it is very difficult to realize the temperature tuning, and the cost is very high. CWDM avoided this difficulty because it significantly reduced costs, and the cost of the entire CWDM system was only 50% of DWDM.
CWDM provides high bandwidth with low cost, suitable for point to point, Ethernet, SONET and other popular ring network structure, especially suitable for short distance communication applications, high bandwidth, access point intensive, such as network communication between the building or building. What is particularly worth mentioning is the use of CWDM and PON (passive optical networks). PON is a cheap way of optical fiber communication, a multipoint, by combining with CWDM, each individual wavelength channel can be used as a virtual optical link PON, broadband data transmission center node and multiple nodes.
However, CWDM is a product of cost performance tradeoff, and inevitably there are some performance limitations. Industry experts pointed out that, CWDM currently exist along the following 4 deficiencies:
1.A small number of multiplexing wavelength, CWDM in a single fiber support, resulting in higher costs after expansion;
2.the cost of multiplexer, multiplex demodulator and other devices should be further reduced. These devices can not be simply modified by the corresponding equipment of DWDM;
3.CWDM does not apply to metropolitan area network, the distance between urban nodes is short, and the money that commercial operators use in the expansion of CWDM devices can be used to lay more optical fiber cables, and get better results;
4.CWDM has not yet formed a standard.
Choose CWDM or DWDM, it is necessary to see their own ideas, Hengtong in the future, this is only given the difference between the two, there is a need to contact us.
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Sparse wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM), as the name suggests, is the next of kin to dense wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), which has two main differences:
1.CWDM carrier channel spacing is wide, so the same optical fiber can only reuse 8 to 16 or so wavelength, and DWDM can reuse 80 to 160 wavelengths, "sparse" and "dense" name difference from this;
2.CWDM modulation laser adopts non cooling laser, and DWDM adopts cooling laser. The cooling laser is tuned by temperature, and the non cooled laser is tuned electronically. Because the temperature distribution in a wide wavelength range is very uneven, it is very difficult to realize the temperature tuning, and the cost is very high. CWDM avoided this difficulty because it significantly reduced costs, and the cost of the entire CWDM system was only 50% of DWDM.
CWDM provides high bandwidth with low cost, suitable for point to point, Ethernet, SONET and other popular ring network structure, especially suitable for short distance communication applications, high bandwidth, access point intensive, such as network communication between the building or building. What is particularly worth mentioning is the use of CWDM and PON (passive optical networks). PON is a cheap way of optical fiber communication, a multipoint, by combining with CWDM, each individual wavelength channel can be used as a virtual optical link PON, broadband data transmission center node and multiple nodes.
However, CWDM is a product of cost performance tradeoff, and inevitably there are some performance limitations. Industry experts pointed out that, CWDM currently exist along the following 4 deficiencies:
1.A small number of multiplexing wavelength, CWDM in a single fiber support, resulting in higher costs after expansion;
2.the cost of multiplexer, multiplex demodulator and other devices should be further reduced. These devices can not be simply modified by the corresponding equipment of DWDM;
3.CWDM does not apply to metropolitan area network, the distance between urban nodes is short, and the money that commercial operators use in the expansion of CWDM devices can be used to lay more optical fiber cables, and get better results;
4.CWDM has not yet formed a standard.
Choose CWDM or DWDM, it is necessary to see their own ideas, Hengtong in the future, this is only given the difference between the two, there is a need to contact us.
SFP+ module,SFP+ transceiver,bidi sfp,XFP module,XFP transceiver Which is good? First choice Fiberland！Thanks for your concern, to learn more about Fiberland, please enter Fiberland website: http://www.fiberlandtec.com/
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