Appendix A Hardware Specifications

A.6.5 OC12 LR/STM4 LH 1550 Card Specifications

A.6.5 OC12 LR/STM4 LH 1550 Card Specifications

The OC12 LR/STM4 LH 1550 card has the following specifications:

•Line

–Bit rate: 622.08 Mbps

–Code: Scrambled NRZ

–Fiber: 1550-nm single-mode

–Loopback modes: Terminal and facility

–Connectors: SC

–Compliance: Telcordia SONET, Telcordia GR-253-CORE, ITU-T G.707, ITU-T G.957

•Transmitter

–Maximum transmitter output power: +2 dBm

–Minimum transmitter output power: –3 dBm

–Center wavelength: 1480 to 1580 nm

–Nominal wavelength: 1550 nm

–Transmitter: DFB laser

–Dispersion tolerance: 1440 ps/nm

•Receiver

–Maximum receiver level: –8 dBm at BER 1 * 10 exp – 12

–Minimum receiver level: –28 dBm at BER 1 * 10 exp – 12

–Receiver: InGaAs/InP photodetector

–Link loss budget: 25 dB

–Receiver input wavelength range: 1480 to 1580 nm

–Jitter tolerance: Telcordia GR-253/ITU-T G.823 compliant

•Environmental

–Operating temperature:

C-Temp (15454-OC121LR1550): +23 to +131 degrees Fahrenheit (–5 to +55 degrees Celsius)

I-Temp (15454-OC121L15-T): –40 to +149 degrees Fahrenheit (–40 to +65 degrees Celsius)

–Operating humidity: 5 to 95 percent, noncondensing

–Power consumption: 9.28 W, 0.19 A, 31.68 BTU/hr

•Dimensions

–Height: 12.650 in. (321.3 mm)

–Width: 0.716 in. (18.2 mm)

–Depth: 9.000 in. (228.6 mm)

–Weight not including clam shell: 1.4 lb (0.6 kg)

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ONS 15454 specifications

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