Digital Lightwave demos 40/43G tester with DuoBinary coding for line-side applications

Oct. 10, 2008
OCTOBER 10, 2008 -- Digital Lightwave says its NIC platform offers 40/43G testing with NRZ, DPSK, and DQPSK as well as DuoBinary coding options. The tester also features the only tunable laser option available in a portable instrument, say company representatives.

OCTOBER 10, 2008 -- Digital Lightwave Inc. (search for Digital Lightwave), provider of optical networking test equipment and technology, demonstrated a Network Information Computer (NIC) platform product with 40/43G testing utilizing DuoBinary line coding at the recent ECOC trade show in Brussels.

The NIC Platform offers what Digital Lightwave claims is the industry's most innovative offering for high-speed network testing. The compact NIC 40G chassis is the industry's smallest and lightest 40/43G test instrument (at 13.5lbs/6.1kg), say company representatives. In the larger NIC Plus chassis, 40/43G testing is available along with other modules for a complete test offering.

In just one portable or rackmount chassis, the NIC Plus can support testing from 1.5 Mbits/sec to 43 Gbits/sec with drop/insert capability plus Ethernet 10/100/1000BaseT, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet with a choice of line codings (NRZ, DuoBinary, DPSK, DQPSK); an optional C-Band or L-Band tunable laser; and an optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) module. Other configurations include dual 40/43G test systems in a single unit, which can be equipped with different line codings for simultaneous line-side and client-side testing.

"Our customers look to us for the solutions they need to simplify network testing needs," notes Doyle Mills, director of product marketing at Digital Lightwave. "40/43G testing, especially for the field, is a challenge because so many of the competitive instruments are large and bulky or are severely limited in their capabilities. We leveraged our nearly 10 years of leadership in SONET/SDH/OTN testing and delivered exactly the solution our customers need," he reports.

The Digital Lightwave booth at ECOC Brussels also featured the first public demonstration of the Multi-Services Analyzer (MSA) 2020 module, with SONET/SDH/OTN testing from 51 Mbits/sec to 10.7 Gbits/sec, plus 10/100/1000BaseT (dual ports), Gigabit Ethernet (dual ports), and 10-Gigabit Ethernet LAN/WAN interfaces. The MSA 2020 supports license-based test options including Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), 10-Gigabit Ethernet WAN, 10 Gigabit Ethernet over OTN, and ODU-1 to ODU-2 multiplexing with additional capabilities available soon.

Now with Battery Power option available, Digital Lightwave's portable Network Information Computers (NIC) are software-based, modular products that combine a multitude of test functions in a single integrated platform.


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