VPIlinkConfigurator derives accurate cost and span engineering information for any optical link in the mesh network. The "expert" version of the tool captures parameters for real world components. Sophisticated algorithms quickly predict the limitations on systems performance for greenfield and brownfield fiber plants. A streamlined version of the same tool is then used by field engineers to verify that a given WDM system can be deployed between specified nodes, working with repeater hut locations, fiber types between huts, and the number of wavelengths and signal rates that need to be carried. VPIsystems Inc., Holmdel NJ
The Light Fixer dispersion compensation module (DCM) enables simultaneous 80-channel (100-GHz-channel-spacing) slope-compensated tunable dispersion compensation across the C- and L-bands with low group velocity delay ripple. It can be installed in existing networks to improve the performance of the existing fiber-cable span, thus enabling extremely low residual transmission errors at speeds up to 10 Gbits/sec. The etalon-based DCM offers low insertion loss and excellent slope compensation with a "Figure of Merit" better than 300. Compact size allows for mounting on a printed circuit board or external to the system.
Accumux Technologies, Camarillo, CA