OPTera Metro

The Optical Connection

Services Evolution
10G

Higher Service Rates

2.5 G 1G 622 M

HDTV OC-48c Fiber Channel

Gigabit Video Ethernet 155 M OC-12c ESCON OC-12c OC-3c 100 M Fast OC-3c 45 M Ethernet FDDI DS3
1.5 M

DS1 Legacy

DS3 ATM

DS3 IP
Other...

Growing Range of Services

Scalable, Adaptive and Unified Solutions

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Metro Optical Networking

Optical Cross Connect

Metro Core

Metro Core
Metro Access Ring Metro Access

Long Haul Transmission

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Metro DWDM Applications

Long Haul POP
Gigabit Ethernet D1 Video

fiber Channel

OPTera Metro

OPTera Metro

CO
Router PBX SONET

IP OPTera Metro

OPTera Metro

Business Access

OPTera Metro

ATM

InterOffice
OPTera Metro

DCS

ISP POP

From the customer

Around the metro

New services

New services & Fiber Savings

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OPTera Metro Increases Your Fiber Capacity 32 Times

OPTera multiplexes up to 32 protected or 64 unprotected channels per site

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OPTera Metro Eliminates Interface Limitations

Other Technologies limit interfaces to limited set of fixed bit rates

OPTera Metro allows infinite choice of bit rates between 50Mbps and 2.5Gbps

Other Technologies limit interfaces to one protocol

OPTera Metro permits use of any protocol known today or in the future
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OPTera Metro DWDM Platform

An Interface Can Support: SONET OC-1/3/12/48 Gigabit Ethernet Fast Ethernet ESCON Fibre Channel FDDI.
Universal Optical Interface

Survivable 32 Channel DWDM Ring

Add / Drop Wavelengths: Ring or Linear 32 protected or 64 unprotected wavelengths - selectable per wavelength Each l Can Be any Bit-Rate or Protocol Optical Protection Selectable per l < 50 ms Protection Per Channel Operation, Administration, Maintenance OPTera Metro: Forecast Tolerant Networking
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Enterprise Network Consolidation

Service
Private Line POTS
TLS Frame Relay Private Line FDDI
ATM Switch

Enabling Platform
SDH/SONET
STM-n

STM-n UNI

Internet Access TLS IP-Based Services LAN Interconnection Mainframe I/O Services Remote Storage Remote Server Access

Router/Layer 2 Switch
Gigabit Ethernet STM-n PoS Gigabit Ethernet

LAN Switch

Universal Optical Interface

ESCON FICON

Fibre Channel Gigabit Ethernet

Optical Opportunities for the Enterprise

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OPTera Metro DWDM System

Nortel Networks OPTera Metro delivers transport bandwidth that has:
Open DWDM Platform (32 wavelengths) High Capacity - up to 64 Channels Protocol and Bit-rate Independence

Ring & Point - Point Survivability

NEBS & ETSI Compliant Small footprint - 20 Gbps in 2 cu. ft.

Open Systems Network Management

Transparent Optical Transport - Optimized for Metro Networks

Recognized Market Leader
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OPTera with 8-Shelves (Fully Configured)

2-Fibers Running 64-Wavelengths at 2.5 Gb/s Each

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OPTera Metro Architecture

Optical Channel Interface

Optical Multiplexer

OCLD

Optical
Channel Manager

Next generation architecture opens a wide variety of new features and configurations
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Hub Architecture
Remote 2 Remote 1

Remote 3

Hub Shelves

Up to 8 remotes, fixed connectivity

Up to 4 protected or 8 unprotected optical channel interfaces per shelf

Remote N, N up to 8

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OPTera Meshed Ring - New !

1 2 1

1 1 2

3
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Ring ADM Shelves

1
Up to 8 unprotected optical channel interfaces per shelf; 4 West and 4 East

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SONET and OPTera Metro

OC48 BLSR OC48 BLSR OC48 BLSR OC48 BLSR OC48 BLSR OC48 BLSR OC48 BLSR

OC48 BLSR OC48 BLSR OC48 BLSR OC48 BLSR

OC48 BLSR

OC48 BLSR

OC48 BLSR

OC48 BLSR

OC48 BLSR

OPTera Metro permits the overlay of multiple high capacity systems on one pair of fibers
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OPTera Metro - Summary

Fiber

Multi-technology platform

Which transports up to 160 Gb/s on a fiber pair

Universal Optical Interface
OC-3
OPTera

OC-12 or OC-48
OPTera

Customer order requires more bandwidth

With remote bandwidth alterations

DONE !

And enables a wide range of services

Gigabit Ethernet D1 Video

OPTera
FDDI

Router PBX

OPTera

DCS

ATM

OPTera OPTera

For large access and metro customers

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OPTera
SONET ATM

OPTera

IP

From the customer

RESERVE SLIDES

OPTera Metro Architecture

Optical Multiplexer

One band extracted. Rest optically pass thru

Optical Channel intfc Optical Channel Manager

OCLD

Optical filters reduce equipment complexity

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OPTera Metro Product Differentiators

Separation of Client and Line Interfaces Separation of Client and Line

Provides flexibility in protection schemes Enables the introduction of new types of client interfaces
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OPTera Metro Product Differentiators

Rate Provisionable Clock Recovery

Provides the Values of Transparency with the Performance Benefits of 3R Regeneration Enables Bit Rate Throttling of the Client and Line Interfaces
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OPTera Metro Product Differentiators

16X16 Cross-Connect

Supports the Implementation of Flexible Protection Per l Options: 1+1, Shared, Client-Side, (Tributary), Unprotected, Enables Additional Networking Capabilities l-TSA, l-TSI , Dual Homing, Drop & Continue, etc...

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OPTera Metro Product Differentiators

Optical Service Channel

Payload

Per Optical Service Channel Provides Supervisory and Performance Management on Each and Every Wavelength
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Inherent Switch Matrix Capabilities

Timeslot Allocation Timeslot Interchange

Any Speed

Any Tributary

Any Tibutary Timeslot to Any Line Timeslot

Any Line Incoming Timeslot to Any Line Outgoing Timeslot

Hairpinning/Regeneration

Drop & Continue/Broadcast

Any Line Time Slot to Any Line Time Slot

Simultaneous Tributary Time Slots

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OPTera Metro Shelve Interconnect - Protected Scenario

Optical Pass-through

West Ring Interface

Optical Multiplexer (OMX)

East Ring Interface

Band Filter Drops 1 band to channel filter Allows optical bypass of remaining 7 bands

OMX Pigtail Connections

Optical Channel Laser & Detector (OCLD) Circuit Cards

OCLD OCLD

Channel Filter

OCLD Converts to a DWDM wavelength

OCM provides protection switching between two protected OMXs

OCM A

Optical Channel Manager (OCM)

OCM B

OCM itself is 1+1 equipment protected

OCI 1A

OCI 1B

OCI 2A

OCI 2B

OCI 3A

OCI 3B

OCI 4A

OCI 4B

OCI cards interface client signals to subtending equipment

Optical Channel Interface (OCI)

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OPTera Metro Shelve Interconnect - Unprotected

Optical Pass-through

West Ring Interface

Optical Multiplexer (OMX)

East Ring Interface

Band Filter Drops 1 band to channel filter Allows optical bypass of remaining 7 bands

OMX Pigtail Connections

Optical Channel Laser & Detector (OCLD) Circuit Cards

OCLD OCLD

Channel Filter

OCLD Converts to a DWDM wavelength

OCM provides protection switching between two protected OMXs

OCM A

Optical Channel Manager (OCM)

OCM B

OCM itself is 1+1 equipment protected

OCI 1A

OCI 1B

OCI 2A

OCI 2B

OCI 3A

OCI 3B

OCI 4A

OCI 4B

OCI cards interface client signals to subtending equipment

Optical Channel Interface (OCI)

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