MAN is a network that covers a geographic region with a size of a metropolitan. It connects various Local-Area Network (LAN)# to each other, and provides sufficient connections to the Wide Area Network (WAN)#. Most of the connection are done by Fibre-Optic Cable# and its technologies using pulses of light.
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
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Wide Area Network (WAN)
The expansion of WAN is Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)#.
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Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
SONET is a #Physical Layer #optical technology that supports from 155 Mbps up to 10 Gbps high transmission rates for Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) using #Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) multiplexing scheme. It provides means of transportation to Data Link Layer# protocols and of conversion using Fibre-Optic Transmission Systems (FOTS), which is a Modulator. It has extensive OAMP (operation, administrative, maintenance and provisioning) capabilities. This allows precise fault detection and a rapid (50 ms) failover (switching to a redundant or standby computer server, system, hardware component or network upon the failure or abnormal termination of the previously active application). Its speed is range from 51.84 Mbps (OC-1) to 9953.28 Mbps (OC-192).
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Fibre-Optic Cable
Fibre-Optic Cable or Optical-Fibre Cable is a medium to carry data transmission in the form of light pulses, which is made by a flexible, transparent fibre made from drawing glass or plastic. It is usually used for #Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) connection. Basically, there are two types of Fibre-Optic Cable: multimode# and single-mode.