Scalable, high-performance sonet/sdh testing – Atec EXFO-FTB-8120-8130NGE User Manual

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FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE Power Blazer

thE choicE for intEgratEd MultiSErvicE tranSPort tESting

The responsibilities of traditional SONET/SDH telecom field installation personnel have evolved over the last few years. With the advent
of packet-aware SONET/SDH add-drop multiplexers—including multiservice transport platforms (MSTPs) and new reconfigurable
add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs)—technicians must not only perform traditional SONET/SDH tests, but are now also responsible
for verifying packet-based services such as Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel running over the same network
elements.

This has resulted in a growing need for multitechnology test solutions to support the deployment, operation and maintenance of
these multiservice platforms and the corresponding data-aware SONET/SDH networks.

EXFO’s FTB-8120NGE (2.5/2.7 Gbit/s) and FTB-8130NGE (10/11.3 Gbit/s) Power Blazer test modules have been designed
to specifically address such field commissioning and maintenance requirements, providing SONET/SDH, Ethernet and Fibre
Channel test functions in the industry’s smallest and most efficient module and setting a new standard for multiservice field testing.

ScalaBlE, high-PErforMancE SonEt/Sdh tESting

SONET/SDH Service Turn-Up and Troubleshooting

The FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE Power Blazer modules offer a wide range of SONET/SDH test functions ranging from simple
bit-error-rate (BER) testing to advanced characterization and troubleshooting procedures. These functions include:

Housed in either the FTB-500 or FTB-200 platform,
the FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE modules offer the
solution for ﬁ eld circuit turn-up and troubleshooting.

SONET/SDH

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Mixed and bulk payload generation
and analysis from 64 kbit/s to
10 Gbit/s

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High-order mappings:

STS-1/3c/12c/48c/192c and
AU-3/AU-4/AU-4-4c/16c/64c

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Low-order mappings:

VT1.5/2/6, TU-11/12/2/3

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Unframed optical signal testing at

10 Gbit/s rate

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Section/RS, Line/MS, high-order (HO)

and low-order (LO) path overhead
manipulation and monitoring

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Section/RS, Line/MS, high-order and

low-order path alarm/error generation
and monitoring

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High-order and low-order pointer

generation and monitoring

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K1/K2 OH byte capture

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Tandem connection monitoring

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Performance monitoring: G.821, G.826,

G.828, G.829, M.2100, M.2101

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Frequency analysis and power

measurement

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Payload block and replace

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Frequency offset generation

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DS1 loopcodes and NI/CSU loopback

emulation

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Automatic protection switching (APS)

and service disruption time (SDT)
measurements

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Multichannel SDT measurements and

real-time error/alarm monitoring for all
STS-1/AU-4 channels

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Round-trip delay measurements

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DS1/DS3 auto detection of line-code

framing and test pattern

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Dual DS1/DS3 receiver testing

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Independent transmitter and

receiver testing

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Through mode analysis

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Intrusive Through mode

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Programmable error/alarm injection

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DS1 FDL

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Fractional T1/E1 testing

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DS3 FEAC