1. Technical Features
High-density design
MTP/MPO fiber jumpers adopt a multi-core parallel structure, and a single connector can support 12-core, 24-core or even higher-density fiber transmission. Compared with traditional LC or SC single-core connectors, its space utilization rate is significantly improved, which is particularly suitable for high-density wiring scenarios such as data centers. For example, a 1U cabinet can deploy up to 144 cores of optical fiber, greatly reducing space occupancy.
High-speed transmission capability
Through multi-core parallel transmission technology, MTP/MPO jumpers can support 40G, 100G, 400G and higher-speed Ethernet standards. For example, a 12-core MPO interface can achieve 400G SR4 transmission through a 4×3-core combination, meeting the explosive growth demand for bandwidth in data centers.
High reliability and stability
Low insertion loss (IL): The insertion loss of high-quality MTP/MPO connectors is ≤0.35dB, and the return loss is ≥55dB, ensuring efficient and stable signal transmission.
Durability: The spring contact design supports more than 500 plug-ins and pull-outs, suitable for frequent maintenance scenarios.
Pre-terminated technology: factory prefabricated termination, reducing on-site welding errors and improving deployment efficiency by more than 60%.
Compatibility and scalability
MTP is a high-performance MPO connector sub-brand of US Conec, fully compatible with MPO standards and supports hot plugging. Through polarity management (A/B/C type configuration), it can flexibly adapt to different network topologies and simplify the upgrade path. For example, the MTP-LC module can achieve a seamless transition from 10G to 400G.
Environmental adaptability
Adopting stainless steel shell and PTFE buffer layer, high temperature resistance (-40℃~85℃), vibration resistance, suitable for harsh industrial and data center environments.
2. Excellent performance
Low-loss transmission: multi-core parallel design reduces single-channel loss, combined with high-precision polishing process to ensure long-distance transmission stability.
Modular architecture: supports "plug and play" expansion, quickly reconstructs the network through branch jumpers (Fan-out), and reduces operation and maintenance costs.
Intelligent management: Combined with LCAP (optical cable array module) and OM3/OM4 multimode optical fiber, it supports the intelligent cabling system to monitor the link status in real time.
3. Core application scenarios
High-density interconnection in data centers
Backbone network: MTP backbone jumpers connect to the spine-leaf architecture switch, supporting 400G-ZR modules to achieve non-blocking transmission between cabinets.
TOR/DAC cabling: Pre-terminated MPO-LC modules simplify Top-of-Rack deployment and save 60% of cable management space.
High-speed network upgrade
400G/800G Ethernet: Using MPO-16 or MPO-24 interfaces, a single-port 400G rate is achieved through multi-wavelength multiplexing (such as SWDM4).
Coherent optical communication: Supports QSFP28-DCO modules, suitable for metropolitan area networks and DCI scenarios, with a transmission distance of up to 100km.
5G fronthaul and midhaul network
Fronthaul solution: MPO24 jumper connects DU and AAU, and ROADM is used to achieve flexible wavelength allocation to meet the needs of Massive MIMO antennas.
Midhaul aggregation: 50GHz channel spacing is achieved through MTP trunk, and C/DWDM system is supported to improve spectrum efficiency.
Fiber to the home (FTTH)
In high-density residential areas, MPO branch jumpers are used with splitters to achieve 1x32 or 1x64 splitting ratios. A single trunk fiber covers 64 households, reducing pipeline resource consumption.
Modular equipment integration
The data center switch adopts MPO interface design, supports CXP2 modules and QSFP-DD packaging, realizes rapid deployment of 400G/800G boards, and shortens service launch time.
4. Future Trends
With the development of silicon photonics and co-packaged optics (CPO), the MTP/MPO interface will evolve to higher density (such as 48 cores) and lower power consumption, and adapt to the LPO (Linear Drive) short-distance solution of the CPO module, becoming the core connection solution for the next generation of data centers.
MTP/MPO fiber jumpers are becoming the cornerstone of data centers, 5G and ultra-high-speed networks with their high density, low loss and strong compatibility. Its modular design not only meets the current 400G demand, but also paves the way for the 800G/1.6T era, and continues to promote the evolution of network architecture towards a more efficient and intelligent direction.
