Pragmatic Analysis of High Speed Communication Medium as used in South African Market, Fiber and copper based Communications for Service Providers

EasyChair Preprint 1710

Abstract

the telecommunication industry is in constant metamorphosis with an increase in smart phones, the upcoming of 5G (5th Generation of the Mobile Communication) and the pre-deployment of IoT technology; hence, a big projection in number of future users. The expansion in the domain introduces new challenges in the transmission layer of the protocol stack, efficiency in transmission medium, considering cost effectiveness and data transportation reliability. A high speed and efficient transmission medium for telecommunication can benefit not only internet users today, but also the cable television, engineering technology, industrial instrumentation and computer networking. There are couple of challenges and constrains which have been presented by the telecommunication medium of copper wires for example, as in the South African market, when comparing it to fiber optic transmission medium. In this research project, we analyze and compare copper-based transmission, which is the base of the traditional ADSL communication to fiber-based data transmission medium, which is the base of the FTTx (Fiber-to-the X), and which provides a certain level of service independence to the Internet Service Providers. The project is executed by performing onsite test on fiber link, measuring selected performance indicators. The research project has helped identified the technological in-lab benefits of fiber connection over long distance, and its sensitivity to attenuation.

Keyphrases: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), Fiber Optic Association, Fiber optic links, High speed communication, International Telecommunication Union, Single mode fiber, multimode fiber

@booklet{EasyChair:1710,
  author    = {Kingsley A. Ogudo and Mbongiseni Mthethwa and Dahj Muwawa Jean Nestor},
  title     = {Pragmatic Analysis of High Speed Communication Medium as used in South African Market, Fiber and copper based Communications for Service Providers},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 1710},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2019}}