Fibre Characterisation & Testing

The risks of failing to properly characterise the fiber before system turn-up are significant. If the fiber is not characterised beforehand, substantial delays in service provisioning or increased time to repair can occur, which can lead to project postponements and missed turn-up commitments.

If the network fails to perform as promised, the network provider is required to test the network and pinpoint the trouble source. In addition, the verification of fiber performance and the comparison with commissioning/acceptance test values are useful for ongoing network analysis and trending.

For companies who are not network providers, test equipment is often needed to solve finger-pointing issues, especially when multiple contractors are involved.

Livingston provides a range of equipment that can help network providers and operators measure and and characterize their network to reach optimum performance.

Below are some application notes from some of our key suppliers and some of the equipment that we have to support these applications. If you do not find what you are looking for then please give us a call as we are always interested in finding the best solutions to your needs:

• Fiber Characterization Test Requirements
• Optical Return Loss Testing
• Testing Procedure For Network Deployment
• PMD and CD Testing - How Far Can We Go?