A local area network, or LAN, is a geographically limited network intended for the local transport of voice, data, and video. Often referred to as an enterprise network, a LAN is just one of many types of area networks. It can be a small in-building network designed to connect IP devices, or a large network connecting multiple sites or buildings in a medical or university campus.
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What is a Fiber Optic Local Area Network (LAN)?
What is a Fiber Optic Local Area Network (LAN)?
Where is a fiber optic LAN?
The LAN is made up of three primary applications: outside plant or campus network, in-building, and the horizontal. These areas contain both active (electronics) and passive (cabling) components that enable the transfer of data to all devices connected to the network. Understanding your network needs is critical to providing a network that will support your needs today and allow your network to grow into the future.
Why is a reliable fiber optic LAN so crucial?
Your local area network (LAN) is the heart of your organization – connecting all the IP devices and providing the bandwidth and reliability needed to run your business. Whether you are connecting devices to the network through wired or wireless connections.
How can Corning help with your fiber optic LAN?
Creating a well-planned fiber optic backbone for your network infrastructure is what we do. We are here to ensure that you have the tools, resources, and support you need to build that is scalable, reliable, and cost-effective network that is easy to deploy.
What is the next step to start planning your fiber optic LAN deployment?
Explore our services and complete line of fiber optic solutions, including cables, hardware, connectivity, and accessories for campus, building, and horizontal applications. Corning’s Everon™ Network Solutions provides a powerful new way to network that lets you build for today and scale for your future.
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Considerations in LAN Design
Considerations in outside fiber-optic cable design
The Outside Plant network is evolving due to ever increasing bandwidth demands and the push to drive fiber deeper and deeper into the network. These trends are leading to rising demand for fiber counts greater than 1000 fibers in one cable. These demands require installers and designers to leverage different cable designs to meet current network complexity.
Distributed sensing cable in industrial environments
Imagine being able to continuously, accurately, and in real-time detect small acoustic, temperature, and/or strain changes anywhere along an optical cable in the outside plant environment. Find out how this is possible using optical fiber as the intrinsic sensing medium.
Distance, wattage considerations drive power decisions
Power over Ethernet—It’s an old concept with new applications happening today. As the concept is being re-imagined, why not also re-imagine your infrastructure to align data and power for the future of the building. New power solutions today enable high power options with traditional low-voltage labor and safety.
Network Infrastructure: Now the Fourth Utility
Reliable connectivity has become the expectation in our increasingly connected world. This is why forward-thinking business professionals consider their telecommunications infrastructure a “fourth utility” that is as crucial to their employees and clients as electricity, water, and HVAC. Download our white paper to learn the value of a converged fiber network
Which LAN network infrastructure is right for you?
Traditional Local Area Networks
Traditional Local Area Networks
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What type of fiber optic backbone are you deploying?
Campus Backbone
Campus Backbone
Learn MoreThe campus backbone connects multiple buildings or sites together to create your local area network. It requires a robust cabling infrastructure that provides long-term bandwidth and reliability. Everon Solutions are designed to handle any installation environment, integrating into your infrastructure and evolving as your needs grow.
The campus backbone connects multiple buildings or sites together to create your local area network. It requires a robust cabling infrastructure that provides long-term bandwidth and reliability. Everon Solutions are designed to handle any installation environment, integrating into your infrastructure and evolving as your needs grow.
Building Backbone
Building Backbone
Learn MoreThe building backbone connects to the Main Distribution Area (MDA) to all Telecommunications Rooms (TRs) enabling all data transmission throughout the building. Everon Solutions is the backbone proven by enterprises around the world for future-ready reliability and ease of integration.
The building backbone connects to the Main Distribution Area (MDA) to all Telecommunications Rooms (TRs) enabling all data transmission throughout the building. Everon Solutions is the backbone proven by enterprises around the world for future-ready reliability and ease of integration.
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Local Area Network Resources
Local Area Network Resources
Your one-stop source for industry articles, case studies, and information about Corning’s traditional local area network solutions and products.
Your one-stop source for industry articles, case studies, and information about Corning’s traditional local area network solutions and products.
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Standards 101 Webinar
Standards 101 Webinar
Standards provide a framework to ensure that new products, technologies, innovations, components and services provided by different companies will be mutually compatible. Why is this important?
Standards provide a framework to ensure that new products, technologies, innovations, components and services provided by different companies will be mutually compatible. Why is this important?
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Fiber 101 (On Demand)
Fiber 101 (On Demand)
Network performance is more critical than ever before. Understanding the basics about how fiber works, the types of fiber and where to use them, will help you determine which fiber is right for you network. Please join Arelis Soto, Marketing Manager as she shares her expertise and experiences as a Field Engineer and Applications Engineer to help you become a fiber expert.
Network performance is more critical than ever before. Understanding the basics about how fiber works, the types of fiber and where to use them, will help you determine which fiber is right for you network. Please join Arelis Soto, Marketing Manager as she shares her expertise and experiences as a Field Engineer and Applications Engineer to help you become a fiber expert.
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Small Solutions, Big Opportunities
Small Solutions, Big Opportunities
Alongside Corning, Duraline, will discuss the three trends fueling the exponential acceleration in the optical networking environment. We’ll share the truths (and un-truths) of solutions that certainly deserve a closer look, while also giving practical guidance on installation and maintenance of your network. The solutions may be small, but its impact is mighty.
Alongside Corning, Duraline, will discuss the three trends fueling the exponential acceleration in the optical networking environment. We’ll share the truths (and un-truths) of solutions that certainly deserve a closer look, while also giving practical guidance on installation and maintenance of your network. The solutions may be small, but its impact is mighty.
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Connectivity 101
Connectivity 101
Let’s face it: you can’t protect a fiber optic network’s connectivity without hardware. We thought it would be helpful to do a drive by of all fiber optic hardware and what makes each unique. During this webinar, we’ll cover everything from traditional rack and wall mount housing to pre-routed cassettes and accessories
Let’s face it: you can’t protect a fiber optic network’s connectivity without hardware. We thought it would be helpful to do a drive by of all fiber optic hardware and what makes each unique. During this webinar, we’ll cover everything from traditional rack and wall mount housing to pre-routed cassettes and accessories
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Cable 101
Cable 101
Let’s face it: you can’t build a fiber optic network without cable. We thought it would be helpful to do a drive by of all fiber optic cables and what makes each unique. During this webinar, we’ll cover everything from your traditional, black-jacketed outside plant cable to hybrid cables that line a building’s ceilings.
Let’s face it: you can’t build a fiber optic network without cable. We thought it would be helpful to do a drive by of all fiber optic cables and what makes each unique. During this webinar, we’ll cover everything from your traditional, black-jacketed outside plant cable to hybrid cables that line a building’s ceilings.
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Hardware 101
Hardware 101
We thought it would be helpful to do a drive by of all fiber optic hardware and what makes each unique. During this webinar, we’ll cover everything from traditional rack and wall mount housing to pre-routed cassettes and accessories.
We thought it would be helpful to do a drive by of all fiber optic hardware and what makes each unique. During this webinar, we’ll cover everything from traditional rack and wall mount housing to pre-routed cassettes and accessories.
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Enterprise Networks Core Products Guide
Enterprise Networks Core Products Guide
We’ve got technology for virtually every local area network need. Download our Enterprise Networks Core Products guide that lists the products most often used by our customers.
We’ve got technology for virtually every local area network need. Download our Enterprise Networks Core Products guide that lists the products most often used by our customers.
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Bill of Material Tool
Bill of Material Tool
Forget the guesswork. We can help you select the fiber optic products you need for your enterprise network with our configurable LANscape® Solutions bill-of-materials Tool.
Forget the guesswork. We can help you select the fiber optic products you need for your enterprise network with our configurable LANscape® Solutions bill-of-materials Tool.
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System Design Calculators
System Design Calculators
We offer a variety of system design calculators to assist in the design and analysis of your networks, including a link-loss budget calculator and a fill ratio calculator.
We offer a variety of system design calculators to assist in the design and analysis of your networks, including a link-loss budget calculator and a fill ratio calculator.
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Just the Technical Facts: Understanding fiber optics and local area networks
Just the Technical Facts: Understanding fiber optics and local area networks
This white paper provides technical information about the benefits of fiber, how it works and how to choose the right cable, hardware and connectivity for your local area network.
This white paper provides technical information about the benefits of fiber, how it works and how to choose the right cable, hardware and connectivity for your local area network.
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Tour our Headquarters
Tour our Headquarters
The Corning Optical Communications Headquarters is built on a future-ready, fiber-rich network. By deploying fiber and power via composite cable to the edge of the network, this building is equipped to handle the many applications today’s workers demand.
The Corning Optical Communications Headquarters is built on a future-ready, fiber-rich network. By deploying fiber and power via composite cable to the edge of the network, this building is equipped to handle the many applications today’s workers demand.
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