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Future of fiber optics vs wireless technology?

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Question added by Galal Affif , network speacialist , Aden Refinery Company
Date Posted: 2013/08/02
KANWARJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA
by KANWARJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA , TECHNICAL DIRECTOR (FIBER OPTICS) , ElSewedy

Wireless Technology is possible only because of Fiber Optic Cables; Today’s users of mobile devices depends of wireless connections for their voice, data and even video communications. It’s all about radio waves and frequencies. Fiber-To-The-Wireless (FTTW) is the only solution; since cell phones and cell-phone radio towers send packets of information carrying voice, data like e-mails, web pages, music files or streaming video like You Tube, face-book, twitter etc. These wireless carrying data depends on fiber for the communication backbone and increasingly the connection to the wireless antennas, no matter what kinds of wireless we use. “Wireless is not completely wire-less”.  Wireless coverage is with a source which is sending the radio wave but the source is then connected with a wire either copper (or) fiber cable like at home the wireless routers are installed and the same way the mobile wireless signals are coming from Radio cellular Towers are then connected to the fiber optic cables to overcome the high air traffic and therefore the old copper cables are being replaced by optical fiber cables.

When it comes to compare a different categories in a certain type of technology , it should be compared in two terms : technical factors and economic feasibility.Its clearly advertised in the media that the " wireless is the future" , but in the industry sector , it depend on your application and whether you're invest for a long term or a short term.As a technical comparison : Fibre-optic is reliable , secure , cost efficient , energy efficient , and provide a high speed connectionbut on the other side , wireless :  fast network installation , mobility ( where is some physical limitations ) , wide area coverage with speed enough for the application.however , both technologies can be combined to get the best of both world , such as : ROF ( radio over fiber )regards engr. ahmad tamimi

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