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the resistance of the wire itself can be responsible for signal loss. electromagnetic fields may cause distortion. Another possibility is if the signal is not terminated properly you may experience a reflection of the signal traveling in opposition of the desired signal. Heat can cause loss or distortion. corrosion on the copper wire may also cause loss or distortion of the signal.
The above answer is not true for optical fibre and refers only to copper wire. Although signal attenuation does occur over fibre optics. It normally results fromAtomic absorption of light photons,
Scattering of light by flaws and impurities in the fibre, or
Reflection of light by splices and connectors.
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Cable that carries signal?
fiber optics
What is the form of the signal in twisted pair cable and coxial cable?
Twisted pair wiring is a digital signal.Coaxial cable is an analog signal.
What distance can a signal travel on a fiber optic cable?
100m
What is a media converter used for?
A media converter is used to help convert copper cable signal into fiber optic cable signal to be viewed on a variety of media devices. Some older devices actually require a media converter in order to view a signal.
What exactly is a media converter?
there are different network media,fiber,copper cable etc.to make communication in different media,need the media converter,for example,fiber media converter making the copper ethernet over fiber transmission,E1/ethernet converter making the ethernet over E1 conversion.
The type of cable made of glass or plastic?
Fiber-optic cable.
What is the difference between a toslink fiber optic audio cable and a fiber optic digital interconnect cable?
A Toslink IS a Fiber Optic Digital Interconnect cable
What protocols is used for sending digital data over fiber optic cables?
Fiber optic cables are nothing but another transmission medium. All the protocol which works on Ethernet cable will work in Fiber optic cable also. In case of Ethernet, the digital data will be sent in electrical signal format. But Fiber Optic cables are passive devices. They can not conduct electrical signals. So the digital data signals needs to be converted to Optical signal before sending that via fiber. Usually after the conversion process, the header will be added. This header will be added by the originating device of the optical signal and will be removed by the receiving optical device before sending that signal via Ethernet or some other transmission medium..
Does the gauge of fiber optical audio cable affect the audio quality?
No. As long as the signal is getting through, the gauge of the optical connection makes no difference.
How a scratch outside of an optical fiber might cause problems?
Fiber optics, using optical fiber, are specially designed to implement total internal reflection. A signal passed from one end of the fiber to the other end of the fiber is a single beam of light that repeatedly bounces off the edges of the fiber until it reaches it's destination. By scratching the outside of an optical fiber, this property can be disrupted causing the signal to be lost.
1000Base SX relies on which fiber cable as its medium?
Multimode fiber optic cable at 850nm
What is different between optical fiber signal and electrical signal?
A fiber optical signal is based on the transfer of photons, while an electrical signal is based on the transfer of electrons.
