Platform; Inus; Odus; Multiplexer Modes - Alcatel-Lucent 9500 MXC User Manual

Chapter 6. 9500 MXC Performance and Diagnostic Features

Platform

INUs

ODUs

Multiplexer Modes

Vol. II-6-2
The Node delivers a nodal solution; one 9500 MXC platform directly supports
up to six links. Radio paths and customer interfaces are customized by plug-in
cards, with interconnection of traffic and services on a high-speed backplane bus.
For TDM transport the Node is SW configurable for link capacities from 4 to
75x100, or 4 to 127xDS1. Other traffic options are E3, DS3, STM1/OC3
For Fast and Gigabit Ethernet the Node is SW configurable for link capacities
from 6 to 300 Mbps.
Path options include hot-standby, space diversity, frequency diversity, and ring.
Dual protection options are also available, as is co-channel XPIC operation.
Frequency bands extend from 6 to 38 GHz.
See INUs and ODUs.
The 1RU INU supports a maximum of three ODUs for three non-protected links,
or one protected/diversity link with one non-protected link
The 2RU INUe supports a maximum of six ODUs for six non-protected links, or
up to three protected/diversity links
Each ODU is supported by a RAC plug-in via a single coax cable.
There are two ODUs:
• ODU 300ep for 6 to 23 GHz with extended Tx power, capacities from 5xE1 or
4xDS1 2xSTM1/OC3, and modulation options from QPSK to 256QAM.
• ODU 300hp for 6 to 38 GHz with high Tx power, capacities from 5xE1 or
4xDS1 to 2xSTM1/OC3, and modulation options from QPSK to 256QAM.
Where a combination of rates is needed on the same Node, such as STM1/OC3
and E1/DS1, or E3/DS3 and E1/DS1, multiplexer DACs map the STM1/OC3 or
E3/DS3 interfaces to a common E1 or DS1 backplane rate. This allows
side-by-side transportation of STM1/OC3, or E3/DS3 with E1/DS1 traffic over
9500 MXC links.
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