What is LX and SX fiber?

SX stands for short wavelength. The standard specifies a distance capability between 220 meters and 550 meters. 1000BASE-LX can run over both single mode fiber and multimode fiber with a distance of up to 10 km and 550 m, respectively.

What does SX mean in fiber?

The SX in 1000BaseSX stands for short, and it indicates that this version of Gigabit Ethernet is intended for use with short-wavelength transmissions over short cable runs of fiber-optic cabling. Gigabit Ethernet standards are defined in the 802.3z standards of Project 802 developed by the IEEE.

What does LX mean on SFP?

long wavelength
The “LX” in 1000BASE-LX stands for long wavelength, indicating that this version of Gigabit Ethernet is intended for use with long-wavelength transmissions (1270–1355 nm) over long cable runs of fiber optic cabling.

What is the difference between LX and LR SFP?

1000BASE-LX is a Gigabit Ethernet standard in IEEE 802.3 Clause 38. 1000BASE-LX SFP rates up to 1.25Gbp/s with a long wavelength laser of 1,270 to 1,355 nm. Different from LR transceiver, LX SFP is available both in single mode and multimode systems, which gives it some advantages in multiple mode application.

What is the cable type for 1000BASE-LX Ethernet type?

1000Base-LX uses single mode fiber (SMF) optic cable instead of copper twisted pair cable. The letter L in 1000Base-LX stands for Long. 1000Base-LX Gigabit Ethernet uses single mode fiber optic cables and long-wavelength light.

What is a 1000BASE-SX?

1000BASE-SX is an optical fiber Gigabit Ethernet standard for operation over multi-mode fiber using a 770 to 860 nanometer, near infrared (NIR) light wavelength.

What is 10G SFP?

10G SFP+ transceiver is an enhanced version of the SFP transceiver that supports data rates up to 16 Gbit/s. It supports 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Optical Transport Network standard OTU2. SFP+ optical transceiver’s connector is duplex LC, and it operates on LC fiber patch cables.

What is the meaning of 1000BASE-LX?

1000BASE-LX is an optical fiber Gigabit Ethernet standard specified in IEEE 802.3 Clause 38 which uses a long wavelength laser (1,270–1,355 nm), and a maximum RMS spectral width of 4 nm. 1000BASE-LX is specified to work over a distance of up to 5 km over 10 μm single-mode fiber.

What kind of fiber does the 1000BASE-SX LC transceiver use?

1000BASE-SX LC SFP transceiver is a fiber optic Gigabit Ethernet standard transceiver for operation over multi-mode fiber using a 770 to 860 nanometer. It works at 850nm wavelength and used only for the purposed of the multimode optical fiber with an LC connector.

What kind of fiber does the SFP SX transceiver use?

SFP LC SX transceiver 1000BASE-SX LC SFP transceiver is a fiber optic Gigabit Ethernet standard transceiver for operation over multi-mode fiber using a 770 to 860 nanometer. It works at 850nm wavelength and used only for the purposed of the multimode optical fiber with an LC connector.

What’s the difference between SFP LC SX and LC LX?

1000BASE-SX SFP LC transceiver is for multimode fiber cables for less than 550 meters. The LC SFP LX transceiver is for singlemode fiber cables up to 10km, and it also supports the multimode. 1000BASE-SX LC SFP transceiver standard was developed to support lower cost multimode fiber runs in horizontal and shorter-length backbone applications.

How big is a 1000BASE-SX SFP multimode fiber optic?

So 1000BASE-SX SFP supports link length of up to 550m (depending on fiber type) on multimode fiber at 1Gbps. This optic works at 850nm wavelength and uses a LC connector. Take Cisco GLC-SX-MM for example, this 1000BASE-SX SFP transceiver is able to realize 550m link length through OM2 MMF with LC duplex.