Node Indoor Units - Alcatel-Lucent 9500 MXC User Manual

Chapter 1. 9500 MXC System Overview

Node Indoor Units

INU
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Other traffic options include:
• E3 and DS3 rates with maximums to 8xE3 or 6xDS3 respectively.
• 1xSTM1/OC3 or 2xSTM1/OC3.
• Ethernet and Fast Ethernet, with or without companion TDM traffic.
• Gigabit Ethernet to 300 Mbps on one node, and 600 Mbps on co-located Nodes.
Path options include:
• Hot-standby, space diversity, frequency diversity, or ring protection.
• Dual protection options of:
• Hot-standby over frequency diversity
• Frequency diversity over hot-standby
• Frequency diversity over space diversity
• Co-channel XPIC operation.
For information on the indoor units and plug-in cards, refer to:
• Node Indoor Units on page 1-6
• Node Plug-in Cards on page 1-8
There are two indoor units, the INU, and INUe (Extended INU). The INU is a
1RU chassis, the INUe is 2RU.
Mandatory plug-ins are the NCC (Node Control Card) and FAN (Fan card). The
optional plug-ins comprise RAC (Radio Access Card), DAC (Digital Access
Card), AUX (Auxiliary) and NPC (Node Protection Card).
The INU requires one NCC and one FAN, and has provision for up to four option
plug-ins. It supports a maximum of three ODUs for three non-protected links, or
one protected/diversity link and one non-protected link. Each ODU is supported
by a RAC via a single coax cable.
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