<s>
A	O
fiber	B-Device
management	I-Device
system	I-Device
(	O
FMS	O
)	O
manages	O
optical	B-Architecture
fiber	I-Architecture
connections	O
from	O
outside	O
of	O
fiber	O
rack	O
to	O
the	O
fiber	O
routers	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fiber-optic	B-Architecture
cable	I-Architecture
duct	O
containing	O
many	O
fibers	O
comes	O
from	O
far	O
end	O
sites	O
and	O
terminates	O
on	O
the	O
FMS	O
using	O
splicing	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
fiber	O
out	O
port	O
the	O
fiber	O
patch	O
will	O
go	O
to	O
fiber	B-Architecture
optics	I-Architecture
based	O
router	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fiber	B-Device
management	I-Device
systems	I-Device
surfaced	O
with	O
fiber	B-Architecture
optic	I-Architecture
cable	O
technology	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peter	O
Schultz	O
,	O
Donald	O
Keck	O
,	O
and	O
Robert	O
Maurer	O
developed	O
the	O
first	O
optical	B-Architecture
fiber	I-Architecture
that	O
could	O
transmit	O
digital	O
data	O
more	O
than	O
65,000	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
coaxial	O
cables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fiber	B-Architecture
optic	I-Architecture
network	O
management	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Fiber	B-Architecture
optic	I-Architecture
management	O
systems	O
can	O
generate	O
reports	O
that	O
describe	O
various	O
network	O
data	O
points	O
,	O
including	O
cable	O
section	O
lengths	O
,	O
loss	O
budgets	O
,	O
network	O
capacity	O
,	O
optical	O
loss	O
,	O
splice	O
and	O
termination	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operators	O
can	O
also	O
store	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
and	O
documents	O
if	O
GIS	B-Application
capabilities	O
are	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software-based	O
fiber	B-Architecture
optic	I-Architecture
network	O
management	O
platforms	O
with	O
GIS	B-Application
features	O
allow	O
network	O
managers	O
to	O
visualize	O
cable	O
routes	O
and	O
evaluate	O
surrounding	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
software-based	O
fiber	B-Device
management	I-Device
systems	I-Device
today	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
