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NOVEMBER 8, 2006 -- Digital Lightwave Inc., (search for Digital Lightwave) provider of optical networking test equipment and technology, has announced that its NIC platform instruments now can be equipped with ODU-1 to ODU-2 multiplexing capability, which the company claims is an industry first. The Optical Channel Data Unit (ODU) is part of the Optical Transport Network (search for OTN) as defined in ITU publication G.709.
The new test option enables NIC products to multiplex/demultiplex four ODU-1 signals within ODU-2 on Optical Channel Transport Unit (OTU)-2 interface. The NIC systems are used to confirm proper operation of network equipment during research and development, field implementation, and ongoing maintenance.
OTN networks are being implemented worldwide to provide robust and future-proof communications, with advantages such as Forward Error Correction (FEC), Tandem Connection Monitoring (TCM), and network scalability, as well as efficient and transparent transport of multiple types of signals, including SONET/SDH and Ethernet.
"We are proud to be on the cutting edge of developing network technologies," contends Doyle Mills, director of product marketing for Digital Lightwave. "The ODU-1 to ODU-2 multiplexing test capability finally provides network installers and equipment manufacturers the independent verification and analysis features they have needed for the lab, factory floor, and field," he says. "This is one more example of how our flexible NIC platform, with its programmable technologies, allows the addition of extensive new feature sets. Our customers need test equipment that will grow with their needs and will have the features they need when they need them."
The ODU-1 to ODU-2 Multiplexing Test Option is available on the NextGen Multi-Rate (NGMR) module. The NGMR supports 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) LAN (10.3 Gbits/sec), 10-GbE WAN (9.953 Gbits/sec) and 10G FEC (11.049/11.095 Gbits/sec) in addition to SONET/SDH from 51 Mbits/sec to 10 Gbits/sec, and the OTN rates of OTU-1 (2.66 Gbits/sec) and OTU-2 (10.7 Gbits/sec). Additionally, the NGMR is designed for application in today's most advanced next-generation networks, supporting VCAT (Virtual Concatenation), LCAS (Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme), and GFP (Generic Framing Procedure), say Digital Lightwave representatives.
The NGMR module is available on all NIC platform products to enable single-module telecom/datacom testing.
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