Chapter 2 Cards Specifications

2.2.3 Optical Add and Drop Cards

Table 2-16

AD-4B-xx.x Card Optical Parameters (continued)

 

 

 

 

Optical Parameters

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

In-band ripple

 

 

0.5 dB at VOA minimum attenuation

 

 

 

 

 

Out-of-band ripple (COM RX – Exp TX)

 

0.3 dB

 

 

 

 

 

Left/Right adjacent crosstalk

 

25 dB

 

 

 

 

 

First channel nonadjacent crosstalk

 

30 dB

 

 

 

 

 

Nonadjacent crosstalk

 

35 dB

 

 

 

 

 

Left/Right isolation drop path

 

–26 dB

 

 

 

 

 

Left/Right isolation add path

 

–13 dB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2-17

AD-C-xx.x Card Optical Parameters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optical Parameters

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

Maximum insertion loss drop section

 

 

2 dB

 

 

 

 

Maximum insertion loss add section

 

 

2.6 dB at VOA minimum attenuation

 

 

 

 

Maximum insertion loss express section

 

 

1.1 dB

(Exp RX – COM TX)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum insertion loss express section

 

 

2.2 dB at VOA minimum attenuation

(COM RX – Exp TX)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjacent crosstalk

 

 

25 dB

 

 

 

 

Nonadjacent crosstalk

 

 

35 dB

 

 

 

 

Isolation left/right

 

 

–14 dB

 

 

 

 

VOA dynamic range

 

 

30 dB

 

 

 

 

Table 2-18

AD-2C-xx.x Card Optical Parameters

 

 

 

Optical Parameters

 

Value

 

 

 

Maximum insertion loss drop section

 

2.4 dB

 

 

 

Maximum insertion loss add section

 

3.1 dB at VOA minimum attenuation

 

 

 

Maximum insertion loss express section

 

1.5 dB

(Exp RX – COM TX)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum insertion loss express section

 

2.7 dB at VOA minimum attenuation

(COM RX – Exp TX)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjacent crosstalk

 

25 dB

 

 

 

Nonadjacent crosstalk

 

35 dB

 

 

 

Isolation left/right

 

–14 dB

 

 

 

VOA dynamic range

 

30 dB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Engineering and Planning Guide, Release 7.x

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July 2006

 

 

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15454 specifications

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