Category: Trends
Planning a New LAN with Cat. 8.1 – Recommendations
Ten gigabits per second is followed by 25 and 40 gigabits per second. These are the next milestones on the Ethernet roadmap for copper cabling. The new standards are: Cat. 8.1, 25GBase-T and 40GBase-T. Whoever is planning LAN cabling to...
Fiber to the Home Soon to be Even Faster
The next generation of fast FO networks is on the horizon. After 10 Gbit/s downstream the focus is now on symmetric 10Gibt/s as well as solutions for 100 Gbit/s. ITU and IEEE workgroups are working on the standards. And for...
Flat and Flexible: Electronics of the Future
A smartphone is actually an entire computer. And nevertheless, the multifunctional, hyperintelligent phone is incredibly thin. And that is all down to the trend toward flat electronics. Network technology too is set to benefit from flat innovations. And R&M is...
Quantum Physics Put Simply
Swiss scientist and entrepreneur Lars Jaeger takes a look at the future of quantum physics for R&M customers. He can explain the almost incredible possibilities of quantum physics and quantum computers simply and illustrates their significance for data transmission.
LED Lighting via Data Network
R&M is supporting initiatives for digital office and room ceilings. The aim of these digital ceiling initiatives is to integrate the ceiling infrastructure in the local data networks to network and power LED lighting, sensors and lots more.
New Category of Fiber Optics: OM5
A new category of fiber optics and a new modulation technique are paving the way to a faster future: OM5 and SWDM4. These give data center managers the opportunity to opt for more favorably priced multimode cabling.
The new dimension of Moore’s law
In this R&M interview scientist Lars Jaeger details the future of chip development. He can see Moore’s law, a well-known phenomenon, entering a new dimension. The uniform increase in semiconductor performance is coming to an end, but exciting new developments...
The simple rule for cleaning fiber optics
Optical fibers must be handled with care. They don’t like being folded, bent or exposed to dust. Careless handling of optical fibers can lead to problems with data transmission and possibly even total destruction of the connection. R&M’s simple rule...
How do you plan edge data centers?
Edge data centers are providing ever more computer capacity on the periphery of large Internet hubs. But the efficient operation of small, widely distributed sites requires special infrastructure and management solutions. R&M can help with planning.
PoE: Avoiding Signal Loss
Higher electrical outputs due to the introduction of 4-Pair Power over Ethernet (4PPoE) can negatively affect the RJ45 contacts in connections. Good contact design is essential to avoid signal losses in LANs.
SDS Leads to New Architectures
The introduction of Software-Defined Storage (SDS) is changing network architectures in data centers. The cabling density is increasing. What does that mean for the design?
Diagnosis of Optical Data Transmission
Traffic Access Points (TAPs) give network managers full real-time access for diagnosing optical data transmission. But care is needed when designing monitoring applications to ensure power budget requirements are fulfilled.