SONET/SDH modules
By Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 10/1/2006
Exfo has added optical transport network (OTN) testing to its IQS/FTB-8120 and IQS/FTB-8130 Transport Blazer SONET/SDH test modules. The IQS/FTB-8120 (2.5 Gbps) and IQS/FTB-8130 (10 Gbps) combine SONET/SDH, next-generation SONET/SDH, and now OTN testing, as defined in ITU-T G.709, in a common platform to help streamline customers’ testing needs.
The OTN software option runs on the IQS-500 test system for manufacturing and R&D test applications. It can also be used with the FTB-200 compact platform and the FTB-400 universal test system to ensure coverage of a wide array of test and measurement applications, ranging from R&D verification to field turn-up and troubleshooting. It includes forward error correction (FEC) generation and analysis, as well as support for all OTN layer alarms and errors. The OTN software supports both OTU1 (2.7 Gbps) and OTU2 (10.7 Gpbs) test rates.
Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering, www.exfo.com.
