As we all know, outside the basic communication engineering equipment, operators frequently deal with a variety of optical fiber goods of various types and sizes. In fact, basic communication optical fiber projects, in addition to our normal optical fiber products, are essential for connecting equipment. What kind of devices are fiber optic termination boxes? Let’s take a look at the article below.
What are Fiber Optic Termination Boxes?
When we open a landline phone or broadband network, the installer from operators will pull a line from a small box installed on the wall in the public area of the community, and then connect it to your home. This small box is a fiber termination box. In simple words, the fiber optic termination box is the rear connector of an optical cable. It is an end point of the optical cable extending to the user’s home. This end point is also called the pigtail. For users, fiber optic termination boxes are devices that split a fiber optic cable into several single fibers.
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Types of Termination Boxes
Wall Mount Termination Boxes
Wall mount fiber optic termination boxes are intended for field installation of pre-connected cables, connectors, or pigtail field connection. In a FTTx network infrastructure, it serves as a termination point for the feeder cable that connects to the drop cable. They are an excellent choice for entry terminals, computer rooms, telecommunication cabinets, primary cross-connects, and other controlled applications.
Rack Mount Termination Boxes
Rack mount fiber optic termination boxes integrate fiber splicing, termination, distribution, storage, patching and management. Interfaces between external equipment cables and transmission equipment are designed for cross-connect and interconnect topologies. The benefit of this type of termination box is that it is easy to maintain, as you can pull out to check at all times and it’s very convenient.
Categorized by Application Scenario
Outdoor Termination Boxes
Outdoor fiber termination box is a highly durable enclosure, used to distribute fiber for FTTX networks. People use outside wall mount fiber optic termination boxes for fiber splicing, termination, and cable management. On the other hand, termination boxes are normally sealed to protect the cable from environmental damage caused by FTTH networks.
Indoor Termination Boxes
Indoor fiber termination box for fiber serves as a transition point between risers and horizontal fiber optic cables, providing operators with optimum flexibility. People use it as a storage location for extending and terminating fibers, or as a connection point for splicing fibers. In addition, indoor fiber termination box provides space for ultra-long terminated fibers and fiber convergence.
Features
- High quality engineering plastic with good strength
- With safe special-shaped lock, the box can open easily and has good water-proof performance, suitable for indoor and outdoor natural environments
- Independent rubber sealing plug for drop cable, better waterproof performance
- Double-page design, the box can be installed and maintained easily, the fusion and termination are completely separated
Applications
People use fiber optic terminal boxes mostly in optical communications networks such as telephone, data, CATV cable television series, and image transmission systems. Also optical fiber terminal box is used in distributing and connecting various optical fiber systems, particularly the distribution of the micro-grid terminal that connects the optical cable and the jumper core.
Conclusion
To sum up, fiber termination box is an important device for protecting and distributing fiber optic links, and it provides a cost-effective solution for FTTH applications. You can choose the most suitable type depending on what you want and making the right choice will help your network a lot.
Baudcom offers various types of Fiber Optic Termination Boxes. For more information, please feel free to contact us.
Post time: 2022-06-12
