deploying and managing ip over wdm networks - Index of
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234 Deploying <strong>and</strong> Managing IP <strong>over</strong> WDM Networks<br />
transponder cards, which adapt the client signal to the transport layer. Two different<br />
kinds <strong>of</strong> tributary ports are available: 2R transponders, digitally transparent<br />
up to 2.5 Gbps, <strong>and</strong> 3R transponders with G.709 framing (digital<br />
wrapper) for client signals up to 2.5 Gbps.<br />
All <strong>of</strong> the equ<strong>ip</strong>ment has been realized in a previous project <strong>and</strong> has been<br />
enhanced adding the G.709 interfaces <strong>and</strong> ASON/GMPLS CP <strong>and</strong> NNI signaling.<br />
In particular, the CP being developed for the OXC is in line with the<br />
ITU-T Rec. G.8080 from which it differs for the absence <strong>of</strong> minor functionalities<br />
not related to the project objectives (i.e., mechanisms <strong>of</strong> authentication <strong>and</strong><br />
encryption <strong>and</strong> the traffic-policing component). A more detailed descr<strong>ip</strong>tion <strong>of</strong><br />
the CP architecture is matter <strong>of</strong> a following paragraph.<br />
12.4.1.2 SICN Equ<strong>ip</strong>ment<br />
TransXpress OSN managed optical distribution frame (MODIF)/OXC is the<br />
Siemens OXC platform based on microelectromechanic systems (MEMS) technology.<br />
The OXC is embedded in the MODIF. The combined TransXpress<br />
OSN MODIF/OXC concept grants an easier, faster, <strong>and</strong> manageable configuration,<br />
commissioning, <strong>and</strong> provisioning <strong>of</strong> OXCs. The core component <strong>of</strong> the<br />
TransXpress OSN MODIF/OXC solution is the OXC. It is embedded physically<br />
together with the MODIF in one system. The OXC is (like the MODIF) a<br />
transparent system, which can be used in any type <strong>of</strong> network architecture. It<br />
is bit-rate <strong>and</strong> protocol transparent <strong>and</strong> is adequate for all kind <strong>of</strong> optical<br />
signals in the 1.3 <strong>and</strong> 1.5-µm wavelength range, such as SDH/SONET,<br />
ATM, IP, <strong>and</strong> Ethernet signals, at any bit rate. The OXC switches the optical<br />
signals with the aid <strong>of</strong> optical mirrors based on MEMS. The MEMS-based<br />
switches are high-speed, low-loss optical switches (micromechanic mirrors) on<br />
silicon ch<strong>ip</strong>s.<br />
The switching <strong>of</strong> the OXC is controlled by an ASON controller. The<br />
ASON controller provides a SNMP interface to the TMN. A second management<br />
interface (Q3) makes it possible to manage the OXC directly without<br />
ASON functionality with the help <strong>of</strong> a local craft terminal (LCT).<br />
Siemens provides two TransXpress OSN MODIF/OXCs, which are both<br />
configured as transparent OXCs. Each OXC has a 16 × 16-switching matrix<br />
<strong>and</strong> provides two line interfaces with three single-fiber channels each. For connecting<br />
clients, two tributary interfaces are available. The tributary interfaces are<br />
equ<strong>ip</strong>ped with separate 2R transponders. Because the whole testbed is located in<br />
a single room, additional optical amplifiers are not necessary <strong>and</strong> are not being<br />
provided. Instead <strong>of</strong> WDM equ<strong>ip</strong>ment, mult<strong>ip</strong>le fiber connections are used<br />
between the OXCs for the same reason. Additionally, for each fiber connected<br />
to an OXC, a loss <strong>of</strong> signal detector is provided that alarms a loss <strong>of</strong> signal to the<br />
ASON controller <strong>of</strong> the OXC.