Fiber Optic Switch Fiber optic network switch, or fiber switch, is a multi-port telecommunication network bridge device to connect multiple optic fibers to each other and controls data packets routing between inputs and outputs. More exactly, a fiber optic network switch receives a message from any device connected to it and then transmits the message only to the device for which the message was meant. This makes the fiber optic switch a more intelligent device than a hub (which receives a message and then transmits it to all the other devices on its network). The fiber Ethernet switch plays an integral part in most modern Ethernet local area networks (LANs). Mid-to-large sized LANs contain a number of linked managed switches.
All-optical Switch An all-optical switch functions by selectively switching an optical signal delivered through an optical fiber or an integrated optical circuit to another fibers without any electrical data conversion. All-optical switches routes the entire light signal which is coming from an optical input and forward it all to an optical output without converting or altering IP level data packets. Read more on optical switch.
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