Implementation of Efficient Connectivity by 400 Gigabit MPO/MTP Cables:

The requirement for 400 Gigabit communication rates by telecom carriers and massive data centers is constantly changing. 400 Gigabit MPO/MTP wires are becoming common. To attain 400 Gigabit data rates saving cabling expenses, we should consider higher link density, breakthroughs, and simplified design approaches. We provide cabling solutions of MPO/MTP to encounter excellent 400 Gigabit networks. In this writing, we will throw light on specific cabling implementations scenarios.

A Glimpse of 400 Gigabit MPO/MTP Transceivers and Cables:

We use MPO/MTP cables with several-core connectors for fiber optic transceivers. We have four different implementation scenarios for 400 Gigabit MPO/MTP cables.
Standard MPO/MTP patch cables comprise 8-fiber, 16-core, and 12-core. We usually use 12-core or 8-core MPO/MTP SMF patch cable to finish the direct link of two 400 Gigabit-DR4 fiber optic transceivers. We can use 16-core MPO/MTP SMF patch cable to link 400 Gigabit-SR8 fiber optic transceivers to 200 Gigabit Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable 56-SR4 fiber optic transceivers. We can also connect 400 Gigabit-8x50 Gigabit to 400 Gigabit-4x100 Gigabit transceivers. We use 4-core duplex LC fiber optic patch wire to 8-core MPO/MTP to link the 400 Gigabits-DR4 fiber optic transceiver having a 100 Gigabits-DR fiber optic transceiver.

Cabling Solutions of 400 Gigabit MPO/MTP Cabling for Common 400 Gigabit Network Implementations:

With the upgrading of network and migration of data centers to 400 Gigabit rates, how can we change the current devices 50G, 100G, and 200G to 400 Gigabits? We have MPO/MTP cabling solutions.

400Gigabit-400 Gigabits Direct Link:

500 meters having 8-fiber/12-fiber MPO/MTP Cable:

400G medium and short distance direct links usually contain 12-core/8-core MTP fiber optic patch cables with 400 Gigabit-DR4 QSFP-DD/OSFP modules. The word "DR4"-"DR" implies 500 meters range using SMF, and "4" signifies that we have 4x100 Gigabytes per second fiber optic channels. As one fiber optic channel needs two fibers, we can use a 12-core MPO/MTP cable or an eight fiber for the module of 400 Gigabit-DR4 to get a direct link. In the MTP cabling of 8-fiber, the fiber utilization is 100%, whereas, in the MTP cabling of 12 core, we have four unused fibers. Taking the example of module 400 Gigabit QSFP-DD, the picture below shows the MTP cable for the 400 Gigabit DR4 direct link.

100 Meters Span having 16-Fiber MPO/MTP Cable:

The 400 Gigabit-SR8 optical transceivers need the usage of an MTP cable 16-core. The word "SR8"-"Sr" signifies a range of 100m utilizing MMF, and "8" indicates eight fiber-optic channels are working at 50 Gigabytes per second. The MTP 16-core cable possesses 100% fiber utilization. We expect the primary adopters of 400 Gigabit-SR8 fiber optic transceivers as hyper-scale cloud providers in China and North America.

400 Gigabit-2x200 Gigabits Direct Link:

100 Meters Span having 16-Fiber MTP Transforming Cable:

We will adopt dual-carrier technics in the foundation and a few other complicated metropolitan locality networks (2x200 Gigabit) to constrict the channel space contrary to a 400G single-carrier technology.
Increasing the transmission range and developing the spectral effectiveness, 400 Gigabit-2x200 Gigabit direct link can support implementing 400 Gigabit backbone systems with the lowest bandwidth resources.
In this situation, we require 16-fiber MTP transforming cables that have a termination on both ends with MPO/MTP connectors. We can directly connect two 200 Gigabit Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable 56 modules and one 400 Gigabit QSFP-DD/OSFP module with this cable type.

400 Gigabit-4x100 Gigabits Direct Link:

500 Meters Span with 4 Duplex LC Patch Cable and 8-Fiber MPO/MTP Trunk Cable:

In the migration scenario of 400 Gigabit to 4x100 Gigabit, we adopt an MTP-LC 8-core cassette packaging of the fiber rack-mounted enclosure to notice MTP communication up to LC. After that, we use four duplex LC patch cables and an 8-fiber MPO/MTP trunk to link at the two ports.
The architecture of 400 Gigabit-4x100 Gigabit utilizes four fiber optic modules with 100 Gigabytes per second wavelengths. We can achieve 100 Gigabytes per second per channel using the technology of PAM4 and then combined to attain a general 400Gbps speed for 4x100 Gigabits bandwidth into different 100 Gigabit or 40 Gigabit data streams. Nevertheless, the base of the existing 100 Gigabit technology is on a 4x25 Gigabit design and incapable of reaching 400 Gigabit.

400 Gigabit-8x50 Gigabits Direct Link:

500 Meters Span with Duplex LC Patch Cable and 16-Fiber MTP Transforming Cable:

The fast development of 400 Gigabit has partly contributed to the unrecognized 50 Gigabit market. Moreover, MPO/MTP cables offer technology to 5GbE scale to support 400 Gigabit (8x50 Gigabit) network. In this context, we have an MTP cassette in the center to link to the duplex LC patch cords and conversion cable of 16-core MTP to understand the 400 Gigabit 8x50 Gigabits direct link. Eight 50 Gigabit lanes support the fiber optic connection of 40 Gigabytes per second aggregation through PAN modulation.

Rising to 400 Gigabit MPO/MTP Cabling Structure for 400 Gigabit Networks:

400 Gigabit is gradually becoming popular in various high-density and high-performance networking conditions. We have widely used 400 Gigabit MPO/MTP cables as solutions for cabling for 400 Gigabit network communication rates because of their cost-effective benefits and outstanding cabling simplicity. GBIC provides a broad range of concerned 400G MPO/MTP cabling outcomes and solutions to achieve extensive speed data communication quickly.