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Benefits and Features
Key Features
The Alcatel-Lucent 1692 MSE:
• Optimizes the transport of a bundle of signals, groomed according to a synchronous-
compliant frame structure, using dedicated TDM transponders
• Supports rapid roll-outs of new services
• Transparently transports multiple protocols (SONET/SDH, SAN, IP, video)
on a single wavelength
• Provides optical layer protection (e.g., optical multiplexing section protection [OMSP]
and optical channel subnetwork connection protection [OCH-SNCP])
With so much functionality and scalability packed into a 3 rack unit (RU) (5¼ inch) compact
shelf, the Alcatel-Lucent 1692 MSE stands out from its competition. First, it is designed to
minimize initial CAPEX and support ever-growing traffic volumes on an incre mental basis.
Second, its well-known and trusted 4xAny/2xGE-FC concentrators groom traffic and fill
transport pipes in a flexible and non-blocking manner. Third, native signals such as IP, IP
video, ATM and data are transported transparently to the end user with optical channel
protection/restoration safeguards. And fourth, class-leading scalability allows the Alcatel-Lucent
1692 MSE solution to grow to support sixteen discrete ITU wavelengths, enabling an unsur -
passed per-fiber bandwidth yield.
Table 1 lists the benefits, features and functions of the Alcatel-Lucent 1692 MSE.
Table 1. Alcatel-Lucent 1692 MSE Benefits, Features and Functions
BENEFIT
Low real estate and power requirements
Bandwidth scalability at optimized cost
Spare parts reduction
Cost efficient transport of sub-rate traffic
Simple network design and reduced
forecast criticality
FEATURE
Class-leading compact size, minimal electrical
power requirements and minimal heat generation
Modular, incremental upgrades plus the option
to upgrade to the 1696 Metrospan, thereby allowing
a mixture of CWDM and DWDM on the same platform
Tunable transponders; SFP modules
Sub-rate multiplexing and grooming
Flexible, modular 4xAny and backplane architecture;
simplified upscaling
FUNCTION
Three rack unit physical shelf size; optical
components require minimal power
Increasing capacity requirements are
addressed using the same platform to
a answer various bandwidth needs
Transponder tuning or SFP swap-out allows
new wavelength assignments at minimal costs
Concentration reduces the required number
of optical channels per source signal
Simplified hardware installation;
easier upgrades as forecasts evolve
Alcatel-Lucent 1692 Metrospan Edge
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