Media conversion can pay dividends in variety of sectors

At the same time, organizations in industry also have to consider using fiber to carry data over long distances in large factories or facilities split into multiple buildings on a campus. Fiber to Ethernet solutions are vital in this area.

Mobile providers and media conversion
The rise of 4G mobile data rates is creating more demand for high-performance mobile network functionality. While end users get their bandwidth through radio signals, that data throughput capacity has to come from somewhere. Generally, it comes from a mobile backhaul network. Fiber is necessary in the vast majority of mobile backhaul networks. However, copper-based Ethernet systems are generally used in the actual towers and media conversion is essential in such setups.

Using media converters in the data center
Cloud computing, virtualization, big data and a variety of other technology trends are pushing raising bandwidth needs in the data center. In response, more IT leaders are turning to fiber in backhaul and storage networks. Interoperability is critical in these settings, making media converters a natural fit.

Getting the most out of media conversion
Implementing media converters can do more than just enable interoperability. Some advanced, but still cost effective, solutions are able to provide quality of service functionality and similar sophisticated capabilities. As a result, media conversion technology can be used to support high-performance network functionality in a variety of ways while also simplifying cabling deployment.

Perle has an extensive range of Managed and Unmanaged Fiber Media Converters to extended copper-based Ethernet equipment over a fiber optic link, multimode to multimode and multimode to single mode fiber up to 160km.