Microsens Gigabit Ethernet Bridge

Microsens Gigabit Ethernet Bridge ... The bridge is the ideal component for access applications because engineers can use it to create a uniform fiber optic backbone structure based on Gigabit Ethernet. Users can connect to the network at exactly the speed they need.

The transmission rate can also be set via remote management - a particularly attractive feature for carriers. The fiber port has the modular design of a GBIC or SFP slot. And it doesn't matter if you have twisted-pair or fiber-optic ports for multimode or single mode transmission - with the right pluggable transceivers, just about any media can be combined with any other. There is a wide range of GBIC modules to choose from.

Depending on the transceiver module, data can be transmitted over 100 km on a single mode optical fiber without optical repeating. The bridge uses the store-and-forward procedure, enabling segmentation splitting as well as 3R signal regeneration.

This means that network designers can cascade any number of individual Gigabit Ethernet fiber segments. An integrated link-through function passes the connection states of the individual segments so that, if the connection to the switches fails, it is possible to quickly switch over to redundant connections. The MICROSENS bridging module are hot swappable so that the entire system can be reconfigured quickly. The converter can be deployed in the central Access Platform, or as a standalone unit in a desktop housing. With the optional management agent, components can be implemented in existing SNMP and web-based environments.