Network & Communication

Metro transport networks must support numerous service demands: transmission of low-rate 10/100BASE-T and OC-3/STM-1 signals; higher-rate OC-12/STM-4, Gigabit Ethernet, OC-48/STM-16 signals; video signals such as standard-definition Serial Data Input (SDI) and high-definition SDI (HD-SDI); optical-transport-unit-1 (OTU-1) services; and first-generation (1G), 2G, 4G, and 8G Fibre Channel services. The flexibility to support multiple rates and aggregate them over a dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) interface using OTN technology brings huge savings in operating and management costs.

Any Rate cards can aggregate any mix of services on the client SFP ports into an OTU-2 trunk interface. The main difference between the Any Rate Muxponder and Xponder is the supported bandwidth (20 Gbps for the Any Rate Muxponder vs. 40 Gbps for the Any Rate Xponder). Thus the Xponder card supports additional configurations.

The Cisco ONS 15454 advanced Alarm Interface Controller Card (AIC-I) further advances the capabilities of the Cisco ONS 15454 SONET multiservice provisioning platforms, enabling greater network monitoring for improved network reliability. The new AIC-I card allows network administrators to better monitor the health of the network, with additional visibility to the operations in remote, unstaffed facilities. The AIC-I card extends the capability of the Cisco ONS 15454 to retrieve environmental alarms and monitor the health of the system's power source. The AIC-I card supports standard orderwire capabilities as well as SONET overhead-based data channels, lowering the user's need for ancillary leased lines to support inter-central office and management connectivity. These features help reduce the overall costs of operating a network, resulting in improved return on investment (ROI).