Range adjustment: Wireless networks can support either their maximum speed or their maximum range, but not both simultaneously. The wireless signal weakens as you move farther away from the transmitter. If the wireless signal between two connected wireless devices isn't strong enough, the wireless protocol reduces its transmission speed, using a more robust but slower protocol to maintain the connection.

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This paper considers fiber optics as a support for wireless systems, ensuring they can deliver the data rates necessary to meet the projected growth in mobile data consumption. The benefits of fiber optics for fixed-line telephone access networks are well documented; fiber provides significantly better performance for broadband services than the copper networks still widely used today.

The European rollout of fiber to the home (FTTH) continues to grow steadily; however, the gap between leading and lagging countries is widening, according to the latest figures from the FTTH Council Europe, which were presented at a press conference held at the FTTH Conference 2013 at the ExCeL exhibition center in London.

AFL has expanded its MicroCore cable portfolio for data center applications by adding the new Riser Cable for vertical installations. Suitable for pre-terminated MTP-MTP configurations, the Riser cable offers a solution that meets the demanding requirements typically found in multi-level installations.

The Universities of Extremadura and Vigo are designing a nanolink that would solve the problems of interconnection and heating in future optical integrated circuits, or nanochips.

On October 31st, a new European initiative in the telecommunications sector was launched. VECTOR (Versatile Easy installable Connector implementing new Technologies for accelerated fiber Optic network Roll-outs in Europe) is a collaboration between European universities and the telecommunications sector whose objective is to carry out research activities to develop an easy-to-install fiber optic connector system for field deployment.

This report from Research Markets Ltd addresses specific aspects of fiber optic access network technologies. It also analyzes related markets, the industry, and key applications of these access technologies.

Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and a multinational company have taken a key step toward the mass production of integrated photonic chips. The innovation lies in the design of new delay lines (which slow down light) using photonic crystals, according to their study published in Nature Communications.

Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the US Naval Research Laboratory have developed the world's first prototypes of a two-dimensional radial photonic crystal. The breakthrough, detailed in Nature Scientific Reports, opens a new avenue for manipulating light and sound.