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Calibration of Optical Power Meters

This article demystifies how EXFO's optical calibration system can guide you through the calibration of power meters, covering issues such as traceability and technical characteristics of detectors.

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NQMS Measures VoIP Quality of Service

This article introduces NQMS, designed to combine all of the traditional measurements such as noise, echo, and MOS voice quality with the new VoIP parameters, creating a complete QoS report card for a...

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Long-Haul PMD Testing: Why You Should Upgrade to the FTB-5500B

This application note presents the FTB-5500B PMD Analyzer, based on the generalized interferometric method, allowing you to test whole links in one test sequence.

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Optimizing the Selection of Your Optical Spectrum Analyzer

This application note explains how selecting the proper tool basically comes down to knowing your current and future needs as well respecting your budget.

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Detailed Ethernet Frame Analysis with EXFO’s EXpertNPA Software

This application note covers the main applications for this software tool and how it can help network service providers in each of those situations.

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Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers—Testing Issues

This application note covers the main testing issues when using reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) to better provision DWDM services across metropolitan Ethernet networks.

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Detailed Bit Pattern Analysis with the PSO-200 Gearbox

This article explains how users can acquire information about the transmitted signal that would not have been able to obtain, such as the probability of error of each individual bits/bytes in a patter...

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Live Fiber Monitoring in CWDM Networks

In this article, EXFO demonstrates its innovation in applying its CWDM OTDR technology to fiber-monitoring application.

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Testing the Optical Way, or Why Fiber-Optic Characterization Is Best Performed Using Fiber-Optic Testers

This application note exposes some of the limitations of copper testers when it comes to testing fiber-optic links and outlines the reasons why true fiberoptic test instruments should be preferred.

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Setting Up the Packet Blazer When Used in Conjunction with the ADC ENIU

This application note presents the two basic test setups that can be used for the Packet Blazer/ENIU combination: the RFC 2544 test and the frame analyzer/generator test.

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