Optical Carrier Levels
The table below shows different types of fibre optical data transmission standards that are currently in use or are being tested today. These types of standards are being used mainly as internet backbones. These backbones are key to internet traffic as they route it to major parts of the globe such as Europe and the USA.
OC-1 |
Speed: 51.84MBPS |
USE: ISP connection to the |
OC-3/STM-1 |
Speed: 155.52MBPS |
USE: Internet backbone |
OC-12/STM-4 |
Speed: 622.08MBPS |
USE: Internet backbone |
OC-24 |
Speed: 1.244GBPS |
USE: Internet backbone |
OC-48/STM-16 |
Speed: 2.488GBPS |
USE: Internet backbone |
OC-192/STM-64 |
Speed: 10GBPS |
USE: Testing |
OC-256 |
Speed: 13.271GBPS |
USE: Testing |
OC-768 |
Speed: 40GBPS |
USE: Testing |
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