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SONET Testing with the FTB-8000

This application note is intended to provide guidance for proper testing methods for SONET-based networks as recommended by EXFO.

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Quality of Service for Ethernet

This application note discusses the importance of QoS and offers QoS testing methods when activating data services.

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40 Gbit/s Network Performance and Service Disruption Time Measurement

This application note outlines the SDT measurement approach of the FTB-8140 Transport Blazer that should be performed during the installation and commissioning of network elements and their new circui...

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Simplifying IPTV Field Testing

This application note explains how effective and thorough testing is an absolute necessity to accomplish a successful IPTV service deployment.

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ORL Testing of 16-Channel Thin-Film Multiplexer/Demultiplexer

This article presents the results of ORL testing of 16-channel thin-film multiplexer/demultiplexer using EXFO's IQS-12004B DWDM Passive Component Test System.

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Environmental Test System Stability: Demystifying Repeatability

This article shows the importance to perform reliability testing in order to determine the long-term behavior of passive components.

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Cascaded ROADMs and Effective Bandwidth

This application note discusses in-band optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) testing, more specifically when there are several ROADMs in a network.

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Fibre Channel Testing for Storage Area Networks

This application note demonstrates how the test features of the Packet Blazer SAN FTB-8520 can qualify and optimize an end-to- end Fibre Channel network as a whole, at all levels, including the interc...

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Bidirectional OTDR Testing: Multimode vs. Singlemode Fibers

This article presents how the optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) remains the only instrument available to characterize fibers at the required level of detail.

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Service Activation Made Easy

This application note covers the basics of service activation and explains how the service-activation scheme can be very different, depending on the FTTH network topology.

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