{"id":1057,"date":"2021-07-02T09:28:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T09:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2023-05-19T05:41:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T05:41:44","slug":"four-types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexingwdm-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm","title":{"rendered":"Four Types of Wavelength Division Multiplexing(WDM) Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#The_Basic_Components_of_the_WDM_System\" >The Basic Components of the WDM System<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#How_does_Wavelength_Division_MultiplexingWDM_Work\" >How does Wavelength Division Multiplexing(WDM) Work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#The_Advantages_of_WDM_Technology\" >The Advantages of WDM Technology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#Problems_Existing_in_WDM_Technology\" >Problems Existing in WDM Technology<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#Network_Management\" >Network Management<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#Interconnection_and_Intercommunication\" >Interconnection and Intercommunication<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#Optical_Device\" >Optical Device<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#CWDM_vs_DWDM\" >CWDM vs DWDM<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#Other_differences_Between_CWDM_and_DWDM\" >Other differences Between CWDM and DWDM<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#CWDM_has_a_simpler_structure\" >CWDM has a simpler structure<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#CWDM_consumes_less_power\" >CWDM consumes less power<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#CWDM_devices_have_smaller_physical_size\" >CWDM devices have smaller physical size<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#CWDM_has_lower_requirements_on_the_transmission_medium\" >CWDM has lower requirements on the transmission medium<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#Comparison_of_application_environments\" >Comparison of application environments<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#A_summary_comparison_of_CWDM_and_DWDM\" >A summary comparison of CWDM and DWDM<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#MWDM_vs_LWDM\" >MWDM vs LWDM<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#Application_Scenario\" >Application Scenario<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#Summary\" >Summary<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/types-of-wavelength-division-multiplexing-wdm.htm\/#Related_Posts\" >Related Posts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Basic_Components_of_the_WDM_System\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><b>The Basic Components of the WDM System<\/b><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>WDM, wavelength division multiplexing, is a relatively advanced fiber optic communication technology. It is the technology of data transmission by converging multiple optical signals of different wavelengths and rates in different optical channels through a combiner and coupling them into the same optical fiber.\u00a0The digital signals carried by these different wavelengths can be the same rate, the same format, or different rates and different data formats.<\/p>\n<p>The basic composition of the WDM system is mainly divided into two ways: two-fiber unidirectional transmission and single-fiber bidirectional transmission. Unidirectional WDM means that all optical paths are transmitted simultaneously in the same direction on a single fiber. At the transmitter side, the tuned optical signals with different wavelengths containing various information are combined together through an optical extender and transmitted in one fiber in one direction. Since each signal is carried by different wavelengths of light, they are not mixed up with each other. At the receiving end, optical signals of different wavelengths are separated by optical multiplexers to complete the transmission of multiple optical signals, while the opposite direction is transmitted through another optical fiber.<\/p>\n<p>Bidirectional WDM means that the optical path is transmitted in two different directions on one fiber at the same time, and the wavelengths used are separated from each other to achieve full-duplex communication between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>WDM system generally consists of four parts: optical transmitter, optical relay amplifier, optical receiver, and optical supervisory channel.<\/p>\n<p>In the whole WDM system, the optical wavelength division multiplexer and demultiplexer are the key components in WDM technology, and their performance is decisive for the transmission quality of the system. The device that combines the signals of different light source wavelengths together through a transmission fiber output is called a multiplexer.<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, the device that splits the multi-wavelength signal from the same transmission fiber into individual wavelengths is called a demultiplexer. In principle, the device is reversible in both directions, that is, as long as the output and input of the demultiplexer are reversed, it is a multiplexer. Optical wavelength division multiplexer performance indicators are mainly access loss and crosstalk, requiring loss and frequency bias to be small, access loss should be less than 1.0 ~ 2.5db, crosstalk between channels is small, isolation is large, and the impact between different wavelength signals is small.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_Wavelength_Division_MultiplexingWDM_Work\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><b>H<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>ow does Wavelength Division Multiplexing<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>(WDM)<\/b><\/strong><strong><b> Work<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>?<\/b><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.png\" alt=\"Working principle of WDM\" width=\"800\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.png 725w, https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-300x127.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Working principle of WDM<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Wavelength x frequency = speed of light (constant value)<\/strong>, so WDM is actually the same with frequency division multiplexing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To put it simply, we can think of WDM as a highway\u2014\u2014where different types of vehicles rush in and then go their separate ways when they get to their destination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.jpg\" alt=\"How does WDM works\" width=\"800\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.jpg 754w, https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The role of wavelength division multiplexing is to improve the transmission capacity of optical fiber and the utilization efficiency of optical fiber resources. For the WDM system, to make it work normally, it is obvious that the wavelength (frequency) of each optical signal must be controlled. If the wavelength interval is too short, it is easy to &#8220;crash&#8221;; If the wavelength interval is too long, the utilization rate will be very low.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3.jpg\" alt=\"single channel vs WDM\" width=\"800\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3-300x104.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>WDM technology is very important for network expansion and upgrading, developing broadband services, tapping fiber bandwidth capacity, and realizing ultra-high-speed communication.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Advantages_of_WDM_Technology\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Advantages of WDM Technology<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>WDM technology has been developing rapidly in recent years because of\u00a0the following advantages.<\/p>\n<p>(1) Large transmission capacity, which can save valuable fiber resources. For a single-wavelength fiber system, a pair of fibers is needed to send and receive a signal, while for a WDM system, only one pair of fibers is needed for the entire multiplexing system, regardless of the number of signals. For example, for a sixteen 2.5Gb\/s system, a single-wavelength fiber system requires 32 fibers, while a WDM system requires only two fibers.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Transparent to all kinds of service signals, it can transmit different types of signals, such as digital signals, and analog signals, and can synthesize and decompose them.<\/p>\n<p>(3) There is no need to lay more optical fibers or use high-speed network components during network expansion. Any new services can be introduced or capacity can be expanded\u00a0only by changing the terminal and adding an additional optical wavelength. Therefore, WDM technology is an ideal means of expansion.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Build a dynamically reconfigurable optical network, and use optical add-drop multiplexers (OADM) or optical cross-connect equipment (OXC) at network nodes to form a highly flexible, highly reliable, and highly survivable all-optical network.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-WDM-system-300x137.png\" alt=\"the WDM system\" width=\"800\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-WDM-system-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-WDM-system.png 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">the WDM system<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Problems_Existing_in_WDM_Technology\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Problems Existing in WDM Technology<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The optical transmission network based on WDM technology, with an add-drop multiplexing function and cross-connect function, has great advantages such as easy reconfiguration and good scalability. It has become the development trend of the high-speed transmission network in the future. But before it can be realized, the following problems must be solved.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Network_Management\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Network Management<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At present, the network management of the WDM system, especially that with complex up\/down path requirements, is still immature. If the WDM system cannot carry out effective network management, it will be difficult to adopt on a large scale in the network. For example, in terms of fault management, since the WDM system can support different types of service signals on the optical channel, once the WDM system fails, the operating system should be able to detect the fault in time and find out the cause of the fault.<\/p>\n<p>But so far, the relevant operation and maintenance software are still immature. In terms of performance management, WDM systems use analog methods to multiplex and amplify optical signals, so the commonly used bit error rate is not suitable for measuring the quality of WDM services. A new parameter must be found to accurately measure the quality of service provided by the network to users. If these problems are not solved in time, they will hinder the development of the WDM system.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Interconnection_and_Intercommunication\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Interconnection and Intercommunication<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since WDM is a new technology, its industry standard is relatively rough, so the interoperability of WDM products in different businesses is poor, especially in the aspect of upper-layer network management. In order to ensure the large-scale implementation of WDM systems in the network, it is necessary to ensure the interoperability between WDM systems and the interconnection and intercommunication between WDM systems and traditional systems. Therefore, the research on optical interface equipment should be strengthened.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Optical_Device\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Optical Device<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The immaturity of some important optical devices such as tunable lasers will directly limit the development of optical transmission networks. For some large operating companies, it is already very tricky to deal with several different lasers in the network, let alone dozens of optical signals. In most cases, 4 to 6 lasers that can be tuned in the entire network are required to be used in an optical network, but such tunable lasers are not yet commercially available.<\/p>\n<p>The design of the communication system is different, and the spacing width between each wavelength is also different. According to the different channel spacing, WDM can be subdivided into CWDM (coarse wavelength division multiplexing) and DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing). The channel spacing of CWDM is 20nm, while the channel spacing of DWDM is from 0.2nm to 1.2nm.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/setup-of-a-tunable-laser-1.webp\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/setup-of-a-tunable-laser-1.webp\" alt=\"setup of a tunable laser\" width=\"650\" height=\"513\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>setup of a tunable laser<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CWDM_vs_DWDM\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><b>CWDM vs DWDM<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">At first, the technical conditions were limited, and the wavelength spacing would be controlled within tens of nanometers. This type of WDM is called Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing(CWDM).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Later, the technology became more and more advanced, and the wavelength interval became shorter and shorter. It was called Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing(DWDM) when it reached a level within a few nanometers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition, CWDM-modulated lasers use uncooled lasers, while DWDMs use cooled lasers. Cooled lasers are temperature tuned and uncooled lasers are electronically tuned. It is difficult and expensive to implement temperature tuning because the temperature distribution is highly non-uniform over a wide range of wavelengths. CWDM avoids this difficulty and thus greatly reduces the cost. The cost of the entire CWDM system is only 30% of that of DWDM. CWDM is achieved by combining wavelengths transmitted in different fibers into one fiber for transmission using an optical multiplexer. At the receiving end of the link, the demultiplexer is used to send the decomposed wavelengths to different fibers and then to different receivers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/store-17100-cwdm-mux-demux.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">CWDM<\/span><\/a> has a wavelength spacing of 20nm and 18 wavebands from 1270nm to 1610nm.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 86.2944%; height: 288px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 48px; text-align: center;\">Wavelength Number<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 48px; text-align: center;\">Central Wavelength<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 48px; text-align: center;\">Wavelength Number<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 48px; text-align: center;\">Central Wavelength<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1471<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">10<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1291<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1491<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">11<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1311<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1511<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">12<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1331<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1531<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">13<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1551<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">14<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1371<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1571<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">15<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1391<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1591<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">16<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1411<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1611<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">17<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1431<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1271<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">18<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">However, due to the obvious attenuation increase in the wavebands from 1270nm to 1470nm, many old-type optical fibers cannot be used normally, so CWDM generally gives priority to the use of the 8 wavebands from 1470nm to 1610nm.<\/span><em><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5.png\" alt=\" CWDM to DWDM\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5.png 600w, https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">CWDM to DWDM<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The wavelength spacing of DWDM can be 1.6nm, 0.8nm, 0.4nm, and 0.2nm, which can accommodate 40\/80\/160 waves (up to 192 waves). The wave range of DWDM is 1525nm to 1565nm (C band) and 1570nm to 1610nm (L band).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6.jpg\" alt=\"CWDM to DWDM waveband\" width=\"800\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6-300x80.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>CWDM to DWDM<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/cwdmdwdmmuxdemux.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">DWDM<\/span><\/a> is commonly used in C-band, with a wavelength interval of 0.4nm and a channel frequency interval of 50GHz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_differences_Between_CWDM_and_DWDM\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Other differences Between CWDM and DWDM<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CWDM_has_a_simpler_structure\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><b>CWDM has a simpler structure<\/b><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CWDM system does not contain OLA, namely Optical Line\u00a0Amplifier. In addition, since the CWDM channel spacing is relatively large, there is no need to consider power balancing compared to DWDM.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CWDM_consumes_less_power\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><b>CWDM consumes less power<\/b><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The operating cost of an optical transmission system depends on the maintenance of the system and the power consumed by the system. Even if the maintenance costs of both DWDM and CWDM systems are acceptable, the power consumption of a DWDM system is much higher than that of a CWDM system. In DWDM systems, with the increase in the total number of multiplexed wavelengths and single-channel transmission rates, power loss and temperature management have become key issues in circuit board design. Lasers without coolers are used in CWDM systems, resulting in low system power consumption, which is beneficial for system operators to save money.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CWDM_devices_have_smaller_physical_size\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><b>CWDM devices<\/b><\/strong><strong><b> have s<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>maller physical size <\/b><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CWDM lasers are much smaller than DWDM lasers, and uncooled lasers generally consist of a laser sheet and a monitoring photodiode sealed in a metal container with a glass window. The size of the DWDM laser transmitter is about five times the volume of the CWDM laser transmitter.\u00a0That is, if the volume of the DWDM laser transmitter is 100cm<sup>3<\/sup>, the volume of the CWDM laser without the cooler is only 20cm<sup>3<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CWDM_has_lower_requirements_on_the_transmission_medium\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><b>CWDM has lower requirements on the transmission medium<\/b><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When DWDM runs services above <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/store-17017-10g-dwdm-sfp.htm\" target=\"_blank\">10G<\/a><\/span>, G.655 optical fibers are required. However, CWDM has no special requirements for optical fiber. G.652, G.653, and G.655 optical fibers can use CWDM technology, so they can make a lot of use of the old fiber optic cable previously laid.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Comparison_of_application_environments\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><b>Comparison of application environments<\/b><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>Most of the DWDM suitable for metro networks inherit the characteristics of long-haul backbone networks, such as end-to-end logical connections, inflexible topology, no support for mesh structure, and no adaptation to the complex and mobile multi-logical topology in metro networks. The cost of DWDM equipment for a long-haul backbone network is much lower than the cost of laying new fibers and adding optical amplification. However, within the scope of the metropolitan area network, the network cost mainly comes from the cost of the access end equipment rather than the cost of the transmission line, so DWDM does not have a great advantage in terms of price. CWDM realizes wavelength division multiplexing in the full wavelength range (1260-1620nm) by reducing the window requirements for wavelengths. It also greatly reduces the cost of optical devices and can achieve a higher cost performance within 0-80km.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_summary_comparison_of_CWDM_and_DWDM\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A summary comparison of CWDM and DWDM<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-23\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-23 tbody-has-connected-cells\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><th class=\"column-2\">CWDM<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">DWDM<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Full Name<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wave Interval<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">20nm in general<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0.8nm\/0.4nm\/0.2nm\/1.6nm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"column-1\">Wave Range<\/td><td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"column-2\">1270nm to 1610nm<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1525nm to 1565nm (C band)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-3\">1570nm to 1610nm (L band)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Numbers of Wavebands<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">40\/80\/160 (up to 192)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Optical Modulation Form<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Uncooled laser, electronically tuned<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cooled laser, tuned by temperature<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cost<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Low<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">High<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Communication Distance<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Short (Optical amplifiers unsupported)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Long<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Structure<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Simple<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Complex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Power consumption<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Low<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">High<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Physical size<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Small<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Big<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Requirement for transmission medium<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Low<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">High<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-23 from cache --><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MWDM_vs_LWDM\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><b>MWDM vs LWDM<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Nowadays, the 5G network is blooming. When the Communications Service Providers (CSP) build a 5G fronthaul network, they always fall into a dilemma: if they choose the more active <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wdm-otn-transmission-technology.htm\" target=\"_blank\">WDM<\/a><\/span> with higher operation and maintenance efficiency, the cost will increase; If we choose the low-cost passive WDM mode, it is difficult to improve the operation and maintenance efficiency, and it can not match the business needs in the future. Therefore, CSPs hope to find a way to deploy a 5G fronthaul network to realize both cost and operation efficiency. In this case, open WDM was born.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/8.png\" alt=\"Application of 5G fronthaul network\" width=\"800\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/8.png 679w, https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/8-300x118.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em><i>Application of <\/i><\/em><em><i>5<\/i><\/em><em><i>G<\/i><\/em><em><i>\u00a0fronthaul network<\/i><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The principle of MWDM(Medium Wavelength Division Multiplexing), is to focus on using the first 6 waves of 25G CWDM, by adding TEC (Thermal Electronic Cooler) for temperature control, then left and right offset 3.5nm wavelengths to form 12 wavelengths, this solution can save a lot of fiber resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The pilot of the MWDM semi-active 5G fronthaul solution on the existing network strongly supports the maturity of MWDM technology and will accelerate the commercialization of the semi-active 5G fronthaul solution.<\/p>\n<p>All 5G fronthaul requires at least 12 wavelength channels, so the solutions of three major operators, all aim to achieve 12 waves.<\/p>\n<p>By adding TEC (Thermal Electronic Cooler) temperature control, the left and right wavelengths are shifted by 3.5nm to form 12 wavelengths.<\/p>\n<p>This solution not only reuses the CWDM industry chain, but also can meet CMCC&#8217;s own demand of 10km fronthaul distance, and saves a lot of fiber resources, which is a multi-benefit.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9.png\" alt=\"wavelength of MWDM\" width=\"800\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9.png 391w, https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><i>MWDM:6 wavelengths increase to 12 wavelengths\u00a0<\/i><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Then about LWDM(Lan Wavelength Division Multiplexing), LWDM is Ethernet channel-based wavelength division multiplexing (LAN WDM), with a channel spacing of 200 to 800 GHz, a range between DWDM (100 GHz, 50 GHz) and CWDM (about 3 THz).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-24\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-24 tbody-has-connected-cells\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Wavelength<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Application Scheme<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Industrial chain<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1269.23<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1273.54<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td><td rowspan=\"4\" class=\"column-3\">Share 400G LR8 industry chain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1277.89<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1282.26<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1286.66<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1291.1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1295.56<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td><td rowspan=\"4\" class=\"column-3\">Share 400G LR4 industry chain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1300.05<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1304.58<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1309.14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1313.73<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1318.35<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DWL+PIN<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-24 from cache --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">DML (Directly Modulated Laser) is at\u00a0the\u00a0transmitting end(TOSA) of the\u00a0optical module, and its counterpart is the\u00a0EML\u00a0(Electro-absorption Modulated Laser), which is more costly. And PIN refers to the light-emitting diode at the receiving end(ROSA)\u00a0of the optical module.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/10.jpg\" alt=\"internal structure of an optical module\" width=\"800\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/10.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.fibermall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/10-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The internal structure of an optical module<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Application_Scenario\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><b>Application Scenario<\/b><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>5G fronthaul is dominated by 25G Regular optical wavelengths, China Mobile&#8217;s statement at the Optical Expo in September 2019: We believe that in the CRAN scenario, 25GBiDi is mainly used where there are fiber resources, and the WDM solution is mainly used where there are no fiber resources.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the semi-active, a single station also has 12 optical modules: we believe that the semi-active A type (24 optical modules) is more expensive and is not used in the current network, the current network of MWDM semi-active is used B type, only 12 optical modules.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile frequency expansion, and telecom sharing (China Telecom and China Unicom share a 5G network) bring single station 12 optical modules demand, CWDM needs to be expanded to 12 waves.<\/p>\n<p>The mobile 2.6GHz spectrum is expanded to 160MHz, and the telecom sharing is expanded to 200MHz, so for the 64TRX station type, single station needs 12 optical modules. 64TRX station type, the 12-wave solution is expected to become mainstream, and this station type is expected to account for 50% in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>MWDM solution is more costly, because it has the support of China Mobile, so it will be supported by the industry chain, while LWDM from the maturity of the industry chain, cost, and power consumption is more advantageous compared to MWDM, or will become the main solution for the subsequent 12-wave construction.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><b>Summary<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Fiber mall focuses on providing optical communication solutions for customers, including design, R&amp;D, manufacturing, and one-stop customized production. 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