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Acterna ANT-20 Configuration Manual

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Advanced Network Tester ± SONET
ANT-20: Flexibility with
sure future viability
Acterna ANT-20
Superior ease of use
â
Save time and money through
automation
The test solution that sets
the pace in analyzing digital
communications systems
. Multi-rate transmission
testing from DS1 to OC-48c
. Modular platform offering
SONET, DSn, SDH and ATM
capabilities
. Built-in Pentium PC and
Windows 98 user interface for
easy processing of test results
. Complemented by a lot of
easy-access, automated test
features
. Large, color screen plus
graphical results presentation
Edition: April 2001

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  • Page 1 . Complemented by a lot of easy-access, automated test features . Large, color screen plus graphical results presentation Superior ease of use Edition: April 2001 â ANT-20: Flexibility with sure future viability Save time and money through automation...

  • Page 2: Configuration Guide

    Configuration Guide ANT-20 SONET (up to 2.5 Gbit/s) Please select & ANT-20 SONET BN 3035/42 & Touchscreen BN 3035/93.11 & SONET Mapping DS1 ± VT1.5 BN 3035/90.10 & Mapping DS2 ± VT6 BN 3035/90.11 page 4± 9 & Mapping DS3 ± STS-1SPE BN 3035/90.12...
  • Page 3 Please select & Jitter/ Package Jitter/Wander up to 155 Mbit/s BN 3035/91.29 & Wander Package Jitter/Wander up to 622 Mbit/s BN 3035/91.31 & Jitter Generator up to 155 Mbit/s BN 3035/90.81 page 14 ± 18 & Jitter Meter up to 155 Mbit/s BN 3035/90.82 &...

  • Page 4: Specifications

    Specifications ANT-20 SONET ANT-20 mainframe BN 3035/42 Manual pointer Includes: manipulation or using pre-defined standard sequences Figure 1: Pointer actions Generator unit Digital outputs STS-1 output signal Mappings ± ± ± ± Generation of pointer actions ± Clock ± Internal clock generation ±...

  • Page 5: Receiver Unit

    Receiver unit Error insertion Digital inputs Alarm generation Dynamic Static (on/off) DS1, DS2 and DS3 output signals STS-3 receive signal ± ± Error insertion STS-1, DS1 and DS3 receive signals Trigger output Alarm insertion FEAC Far-End Alarm and Control Signals Automatic modes Autoconfiguration Test patterns...

  • Page 6: Measurement Types

    Measurement types Error measurements Performance analysis In-Service Measurements (ISM) ± ± Out-of-Service measurements (OoS) Figure 2: Trouble scan Automatic TROUBLE SCAN function Analysis of STS-1 and VT pointer actions ± ± Clock frequency measurement AutoScan function Delay measurement Automatic SEARCH function Figure 4: Graphic pointers.
  • Page 7 Alarm detection TOH and POH evaluation ± Figure 5: Histogram results display ± ± ± Tabular display Measurement interval Result printout Printer interfaces Memory for errors, pointer operations and alarms Instrument operation â Acustic indication of Errors and Alarms Application selection and storage Off-line analysis software Display Built-in PC...

  • Page 8: General Specifications

    External display connector VT2 SPE and STM-0 mapping BN 3035/90.13 PCMCIA interface OC-12c/STM-4c Bit Error Tester BN 3035/90.90 OC-12c/STM-4c ATM Testing BN 3035/90.91 OC-12c/STM-4c Virtual Concatenation BN 3035/90.92 Power outage function OC-48c/STM-16c Error Test (Bulk) BN 3035/90.93 General specifications Power supply (nominal range of use) Ambient temperature Extended Overhead Analysis BN 3035/90.15...
  • Page 9 Drop & Insert BN 3035/90.20 M13 MUX/DEMUX chain BN 3035/90.32 1. Generator and receiver operate independently OC-M/STM-N OC-M/STM-N W-DCS OC-N OC-N Cross connect Asynchronous tributary DS1, VT1.5 2. Through mode: DS3/DS1 OC-N OC-M/STM-N OC-M/STM-N Built-in M13 MUX/DEMUX Asynchronous tributary Figure 6: Testing hybrid systems with M13 MUX/DEMUX 3.

  • Page 10: Optical Interfaces

    Optical Interfaces Generator unit Optical Modules up to 155 Mbit/s Generation of STM-4 TX signal Optical OC-1/3, STM-0/1, 1310 nm BN 3035/90.43 Optical OC-1/3, STM-0/1, 1550 nm BN 3035/90.44 ± Optical OC-1/3, STM-0/1, 1310 & 1550 nm BN 3035/90.45 ± Generation of OC-12 TX signal ±...
  • Page 11 Receiver unit Option OC-12c/STM-4c Virtual Concatenation BN 3035/90.92 Signal structure Generation of pointer actions Pointer analysis Measurement types POH generation/analysis Option OC-12c/STM-4c ATM-Testing BN 3035/90.91 Overhead evaluation ± ± ± Optical Modules up to 2488 Mbit/s ± ± 155/622 Mbit/s electrical interface Optical OC-1/3/12/48, STM-0/1/4/16, 1310 nm BN 3035/91.17...
  • Page 12 Generator Optical interfaces Alarm generation, static (on/off) Electrical interfaces Receiver Optical interfaces Clock generator Generation of STM-16 TX signal Electrical interfaces ± ± ± ± Error measurement Generation of OC-48 TX signals ± Alarm detection ± ± ± ± SOH/TOH evaluation ±...

  • Page 13: Further Options

    Further options Alarm generation: Optical Power Splitter (90%/10%) BN 3035/90.49 Error measurement and alarm detection: Solutions for 10 Gbit/s OLA-15 Optical Attenuator (Variable) BN 2239/01...
  • Page 14 Jitter and Wander Options Standards Jitter modulation of externally-generated signals in Through mode ± ± ± ± O.172 Jitter Generator up to 155 Mbit/s BN 3035/90.81 O.172 Jitter Meter up to 155 Mbit/s BN 3035/90.82 Built-in filters Measurement ranges log f Demodulator output O.172 Jitter Meter 622 Mbit/s BN 3035/90.84...
  • Page 15 Jitter Analysis Clock jitter measurement RMS measurement O.172 Wander Generator up to 622 Mbit/s BN 3035/90.85 Figure 7: Jitter peak-to-peak/RMS measurement Phase hits O.172 Wander Analyzer up to 622 Mbit/s BN 3035/90.86 Jitter versus time Reference signal input Accessory: Figure 8: Jitter versus time display...

  • Page 16: Automatic Measurements

    Wander Analysis Time Interval Error (TIE) This option allows several TIE results to be displayed simultaneously. Result printout and export Frequency offset and frequency drift rate Figure 9: On-line wander testing (TIE) MRTIE ± Relative MTIE O.172 MTIE/TDEV Off-line Analysis Software BN 3035/95.21 Accessory for wander analysis Automatic Measurements...
  • Page 17 Additional measurement mode ± Figure 12: Maximum Tolerable Jitter testing Freely programmable tolerance masks Automatic determination of Maximum Tolerable Jitter, MTJ Figure 11: Jitter Transfer testing results Automatic limit testing of Maximum Tolerable Jitter Freely programmable tolerance masks (Fast Maximum Tolerable Jitter F-MTJ) Automatic pointer sequences for analyzing combined jitter...
  • Page 18 Accessory Automatic limit testing of Maximum Tolerable Wander ± MTW Acterna TSR-37 DA 3700/00 Rubidium Timing Signal Reference Figure 13: Maximum Tolerable Wander result display...
  • Page 19 AAL-1 Circuit-Reassembly Adaptation AAL-1 Performance Layer Anomaly F4/F5 OAM alarm flow Traffic Channel Analysis and Defect Performance Layer Load Analyzer I.356 Measurement Physical Pointer- SOH/POH Layer Analyzer Monitor Test signal Figure 16: Analyzers in the ANT-20 ± A hierarchical overview...
  • Page 20 The ATM module comprises: Circuit emulation ± ± ± ± ± Receiver unit Generator unit Measurement types Test cell channel Error measurement (anomalies), statistics Test cells, payload pattern ATM performance analysis ± ± ± ± ± Load profiles ± Alarm detection (defects) Error insertion User channel analysis ±...
  • Page 21 ATM Broadband Analyzer/Generator BN 3035/90.80 Selection of ready-to-run applications and graphics-supported test settings Figure 17: The ATM Test Control windows makes operation simple Direct testing of all contract parameters Figure 18: Channel Editor: Setting the traffic descriptor...
  • Page 22 ATM QoS test with 4 different SVCs Traffic management and contract optimization ± ± Signalling analysis Figure 20: Soft-LED indication of multiplex results Professional record of results ± Figure 19: ATM test results for a real-time measurement ± on channel A ±...
  • Page 23 ATM channel editor Alarm detection, defects (ISM, OoS) Signalling analysis ATM channel explorer (ISM, OoS) On-line channel settings Traffic management Error insertion ATM Mappings Alarm generation E4 (140 Mbit/s) ATM mapping BN 3035/90.72 ATM test results Measurement modes E3 (34 Mbit/s) ATM mapping BN 3035/90.74 E1 (2 Mbit/s) ATM mapping BN 3035/90.75...
  • Page 24 OC-12c/STM-4c ATM testing BN 3035/90.91 Error measurement, anomalies, statistics ATM performance analysis Test cell channel ± ± ± ± ± Test cells, pay load pattern ± Alarm detection, defects (ISM, OoS) Load profiles Traffic channel analysis ± ± ± Error insertion ±...

  • Page 25: Remote Operation

    Public switched telephone network PSTN Error Tests or Ethernet LAN Sensor Tests Jitter Tests Modem or Site 2 LAN card Remote operation PC Figure 22: Remote operation of the ANT-20 Test Report Figure 21: Automatic PASS test sequences with the ANT-20...

  • Page 26: Ordering Information

    Ordering Information Optical Attenuator (plug-in) ANT-20 Advanced Network Tester, SONET version Optical power splitter (90%/10%) BN 3035/42 Optical test adapters Options STS-1 mappings O.172 Jitter and wander Extended Overhead Analysis Drop & Insert M13 Mux/Demux Optical interfaces O.172 Jitter and wander packages...
  • Page 27 SDH/PDH functions Test automation Calibration report Accessories Remote Control Interfaces ANT-20 ± Compact and handy for field work. It offers one extension slot for OC-48, Jitter up to OC-12 or Comprehensive ATM testing. Remote Operation ANT-20 product family ANT-20SE ± combination and parallel operation of all bit rates up to OC-48 with jitter/wander up to 2.5 Gbit/s and ATM in a single unit.
  • Page 28 South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 Fax +7 095 248 4189 Australia REG.NO 572 - 02 Tel. +61 3 9690 6700 Fax +61 3 9690 6750 Acterna is present in more than 80 countries. To find your local sales office, go to www.acterna.com...

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