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Fiber has become a critical element in delivering high-quality broadband and 5G networks. Driven by new bandwidth-intensive applications and more demanding customer expectations, fiber is being pushed beyond the core and aggregation networks – all the way to the end customer or cell tower. And the mission-critical nature of many of these services is driving the need for greater visibility to support stringent SLA requirements. Today, it is estimated that less than 5% of fiber is actively monitored – and as data rates and wavelength counts increase, the impact of fiber quality issues is magnified. This is especially true not only for new fiber builds where it is estimated that at least 30% of the fibers will have service-impacting issues, but equally for older fiber infrastructure that was never expected to support the increased data rates. Today’s networks, which rely heavily on automation to reduce opex, need complete visibility into customer quality of experience (QoE) and network quality of service (QoS). And while much of this can be provided through active assurance monitoring at layers 2 through 7, the full benefits of this automation requires visibility down to the optical layer. This complete visibility can significantly reduce opex by minimizing the need for truck-rolls by pinpointing the exact location of service-impacting issues and correlating fiber monitoring KPIs with active assurance KPIs to quickly identify root cause events, shorten MTTR and, when combined with machine learning, predict service-impacting events before they happen. Join this webinar to learn how Hyperoptic and Mox Networks are using fiber monitoring to: Speed up deployment of new fiber networks by fully testing and characterizing all fibers and splitters while the construction teams are still on site Speed up the time-to-first revenue and improve overall customer experience through improved network quality Reduce operations costs and speed up time-to-revenue by automating the turnup and testing of dark and lit fiber services

Today, businesses operate globally on a demanding 24x7 schedule. They are moving critical, and even real-time applications into “cloud architectures” to capture the competitive edge. These modern businesses are ‘always on’, responsive to changing conditions, and available wherever their customer base demands. Driven by these evolving business requirements, communications networks can no longer afford to be offline, even for short periods of time. Maintenance windows are becoming a thing of the past. Newer applications (particularly real-time applications) are demanding increased reliability across the network. The question is, “how do evolve your network to support these ever increasing application performance requirements?” The answer to this question requires a re-think about how networks are designed and operated. It requires a different perspective on how reliability it ensured. It requires leveraging more automation. And it requires integrated tools to observe the resources across all layers of the network environment – physical, transport, services layers. Join this webinar to learn how LightRiver and their partner EXFO team up to deliver: Network designs utilizing the latest technologies to provide resilient, adaptable, network performance Factory Built Networks that have been designed, built, and fully tested before being deployed – eliminating missing inventory and ‘dead-on-arrival’ issues, generating revenue much faster Full visibility of the network and physical layers allowing environmental issues to be detected and made actionable, in real-time End-to-end visualization of the service layer performance, with seamless view of multi-vendor networks Rapid root-cause determination through the correlation and analysis of multiple, seemingly disparate issues to pinpoint the exact nature and location of faults

Working with assigned thresholds help technicians decide if a fiber link is good or bad. Thresholds help grade the work performed and meeting accepted thresholds are a deciding factor that determines whether contractors get paid for their work or not. So for example what are the right thresholds for a splice? And can thresholds be too strict? Recent trends are moving toward stricter thresholds resulting in additional and sometimes unnecessary work and tests. This webinar will explore the various fiber testing thresholds recommended by standards bodies and how they apply. We will also provide recommendations on setting sensible thresholds—those that lead to a high-quality network, without causing extra work for technicians. Viewers will also receive guidance concerning when to challenge thresholds, which thresholds are recognized as unreasonable and how to make sure that the right thresholds are always set at the right time. This webinar will also show a different approach to rating the quality of network installations—an approach that’s easy and understandable. Key takeaways: Recommended fiber thresholds and how they apply to real life testing scenarios Working with fiber testing thresholds in a hassle-free way. An alternative qualitative approach to assess fiber links and how efficiently and robustly a link is built Join Christian Till as he separates facts from feeling when it comes to using the right thresholds while performing fiber testing.

Pour découvrir des solutions à haute performance pour le datacenter et le tertiaire ! Quelles solutions et innovations sont proposées sur le marché ? Couverture mobile, systèmes coupe-feu dans les infrastructures critiques, méthodes de test et mesures, solutions de câblage... Vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur les nouvelles offres et technologies présentées par des experts, et entendre les retours des utilisateurs ? Ce webinaire est fait pour vous ! Ce webinaire est entièrement présenté en langue française. PROGRAMME 9h30 : Introduction, présentation de BICSI - Roshanak LE GOÏC, Vice-Présidente BICSI Europe Continentale 9h40 : Présentation de la filière électronumérique française - Joël VORMUS, Délégué Datacenter et Affaires publiques, GIMELEC 9h55 : Couverture mobile, quelles solutions pour le tertiaire et l'industrie ? - Antoine BROSSAULT, Product manager HEMERA Solutions, ACOME Branch Building City & Transport 10h40 : Considérations sur les systèmes coupe-feu dans les infrastructures critiques - Thierry KLINKLIN, Technical Manager, Data Centre Solutions Europe & Benoît GANOUSSE, Responsable du Marché Data Center France, HILTI 11h30 : Comment réussir les mesures de réflectométrie dans un Data-center ? - Bahiya SHAKIRI, Ingénieure d’application optique, EXFO 12h15 : Solutions de câblage pour les nouveaux besoins des bâtiments - Gautier HUMBERT, Standards Coordinator – Digital Infrastructures , LEGRAND 13h00 : Le mot de la fin - Thierry BESREST, Président de BICSI France

Network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) and optical R&D labs are facing growing challenges related to global network transformations including 5G mobility, high-speed broadband, data centers and edge networking. In this fast-paced and complex environment, NEMs and labs need scalable, agile testing solutions that meet evolving R&D and production requirements. To ensure high quality and cost-effectiveness, test & measurement solutions must leverage automation and advanced technology while ensuring that testing is done from end to end. In this webinar, Stephen Hardy from Lightwave will join EXFO expert Leo Lin to discuss industry trends and best practices around testing next-gen high speeds, optical components and photonic integrated circuits. The speakers will also share actionable insights that were gathered earlier this year during EXFO’s TEST Talks, an online series of panels with experts from across the industry. Key takeaways: Key trends and challenges in rolling out 400G/800G End-to-end testing solutions for R&D, manufacturing to field as well as component, module and system requirements Best practices and use cases with major industry players

Deploying 5G networks may not seem more complicated than 4G/LTE, but unlike its predecessors, 5G is actually way more complex. 5G networks will bring forth stricter speed, latency and bandwidth requirements—and mandate the deployment of a lot more fiber and small cells. In fact, 5G will require: 100x more fiber links 2500% improvement in link latency 1000x more network devices (i.e. transceivers, switches and radio equipment) To deliver on the promise of 5G, operators will need to implement new testing processes in order to guarantee first-time right network installation and turn-up. This interactive webinar will cover testing methods and procedures required to successfully turn-up and troubleshoot new 5G cell sites. Key takeaways: Testing best practices for accelerating 5G fiber rollouts Achieve first- time- right cell site installation and turn-up Featuring a live virtual test demonstration

Cloud computing, AI, IoT and 5G are the impetus behind the world’s latest network transformation. The next few months will bring about a significant increase in the deployment of new 400G links across DCI, metro-regional and long-haul networks—fueled by high-capacity connectivity and the massive bandwidth demands placed on the network by these transformative new technologies. Coherent optics will be a viable solution for deploying many of these 400G connections given the enhanced capacity, flexibility and reach they provide. In this webinar, we will cover the up-and-coming trends regarding coherent technology, as well as look at 400G deployment use cases and validation best practices. Key topics include: coherent optics market overview 400G deployment challenges the role of 400G coherent pluggables in high-speed networks and its advantages key deployment use cases and test scenarios

5G new radio (NR) cellular networks represent a significant evolution from their legacy counterparts, with very different scenarios and traffic types coming into play. As a result, the air interface has increased in complexity, and poses new challenges for base station characterization and the evaluation of KPI measurements. In this webinar we will focus on the main and what this means for deploying, optimizing and supporting the new 5G NR network. Key takeaways: The current status of 5G NR technology 5G beam management process and how to verify proper operation Understanding and maintaining the key 5G NR KPIs Analysis of external issues on the 5G channel

5G requires frequency and phase synchronization to support advanced features such as time-division duplex (TDD), dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) and beamforming. Operators are turning to network synchronization, relying on IEEE 1588 PTP (Precision Time Protocol) and Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) as the preferred solution to synchronize every network element, from the core to the radios, in frequency and in phase. This webinar will cover the timing & synchronization challenges that 5G brings and the standards and test applications that ensure optimal delivery of 5G use cases. Key takeaways: The basics of 1588 PTP Understanding the impact of bad synchronization in a wireless network How to troubleshoot timing and synchronization issues

This webinar is the second installment of a series around transmission technologies and testing for next-gen data centers. The pandemic has changed the way we live, work and communicate, accelerating the adoption of remote services. This is generating massive quantities of data traveling across the planet, which in turn is pushing the limits of data centers in maintaining reliable, high-performance networks. One of the biggest challenges for networks is to scale, manage and support thousands and thousands of fibers, connectors, transceivers, servers and switches that are interconnected to bring a wide range of services to customers, from social media to online shopping. Unfortunately, these elements of the network can fail, causing various issues from silent impact to complete service loss during a costly outage. Therefore, fault detection inside and outside the data center is critical for administrators and technicians. Detecting and identifying the root cause of a failure is a vital task in today’s network-dependent world. This webinar, the second instalment of a series, will provide you with the tools, and solutions to simplify data center fault identification, location, and detection. The webinar includes live demonstrations of solutions presented Key takeaways: Fiber troubleshooting techniques Multilayer troubleshooting from physical to protocol layer Higher layer troubleshooting for TCP traffic Remote testing and validation tools Remote hands robotic automation inside the data center