Factors That Affect Fiber Jumper Management

In order to make the managed fiber jumper flexibly change and order, you need to understand several factors that affect the performance of fiber jumpers. The following are the four main factors that affect the management of fiber jumpers. As we all know, the raw material of optical fiber is glass, so it is more fragile than copper wire, and the operation and management also need more attention and protection.
Installing more optical cables is to improve bandwidth and strengthen cable management, which is the basic requirement of optical fiber network infrastructure. Because jumpers are weak links in optical fiber network infrastructure, management of optical fiber jumpers is crucial to fully play and ensure the performance of optical fiber networks. Managing fiber jumper can not only reduce the operating costs of the entire fiber network, but also improve the reliability and flexibility of network operation and maintenance, so let's talk about the factors that affect fiber jumper management!
In order to make the managed fiber jumper flexibly change and order, you need to understand several factors that affect the performance of fiber jumpers. The following are the four main factors that affect the management of fiber jumpers.
1. Bending radius
As we all know, the raw material of optical fiber is glass, so it is more fragile than copper wire, and the operation and management also need more attention and protection. The reliability and performance of the optical fiber are closely related to its bending radius. If the optical fiber is excessively bent, the optical signal transmitted inside the optical fiber is easily refracted, spilling out of the fiber cladding, and the intensity of the optical signal is reduced. This loss caused by fiber bending is called bending loss. In addition, if the fiber is bent, especially when the fiber is bent when installing and pulling out the fiber jumper, the fiber may develop micro-cracks, which can cause permanent damage to the fiber.
It is worth noting that when the optical fiber jumper is first installed, the bending radius of the optical fiber jumper is not obvious, because the number of optical fiber jumpers first routed to the optical fiber cable bridge is small, but as the new optical fiber jumper is installed on the previous optical fiber jumper, the bending radius problem may occur. For example, it can be seen that a jumper with good action performance so far will have a sharp increase in attenuation rate and a significant reduction in life.
2. Optical fiber jumper path
The path of the jumper is closely related to the bending radius and has a great impact on the performance and maintenance of the jumper, so the path of each fiber optic jumper must be clearly defined. If the fiber jumper path is wrong, the end panel will be overcrowded and the risk of excessive bending radius will increase. On the contrary, if the fiber jumper is properly managed, there will be no problem of excessive bending radius. It can also find specific fiber jumpers faster and more accurately.
3, availability of fiber jumper
The third factor is the availability of the installed fiber jumper. If the installed fiber jumper can be easily found, the maintenance of the fiber jumper will be greatly accelerated, while also protecting the correct bending radius. In the process of network reconstruction, portability plays a very important role, which directly affects the reliability of the network and the cost of network reconstruction.
4. Entity protection
Fiber jumpers that are routed between each device can seriously affect network reliability. Without proper physical protection of the jumper, technicians and equipment can easily cause damage to the optical fiber jumper. Therefore, it is important to physically protect the installed optical fiber jumpers.