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News Release from: Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering | Subject: EPX6000
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 March 2003
Transceiver takes on protocol layer
testing
The EPX6000 is a 2.5Gbit+ multirate transceiver for protocol-layer test applications.
The EPX6000 is a 2.5Gbit+ multirate transceiver for protocol-layer test applications The EPX6000 transceiver, a module housed inside the scalable, multi-channel EPX platform, is a test solution for system manufacturers, who are developing new optical switches and crossconnects to relieve the bandwidth bottleneck in metro and edge networks
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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These next-generation devices can channel packets of message data into separate time slots to optimise the use of bandwidth.
They can also divide a 10Gbit/s signal into four 2.5Gbit/s time slots, or any combination thereof, to fit the most traffic into an adjoining optical link.
EXFO's multirate EPX6000 transceiver, which can simulate and monitor live traffic on each individual channel, enables system manufacturers to carry out critical tests like bit-error-rate (BER), hybrid concatenation, and service-disruption switch time.
With the ability to generate and monitor all channels simultaneously, the 2.5Gbit+ multirate transceiver allows complete - not sample - testing.
"Our EPX platform and EPX6000 transceiver enable system manufacturers to reduce test time and increase test thoroughness on the production floor", said Jim Stevens, Vice-President of EXFO Gnubi Products Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of EXFO.
"Customers can also add more transceivers to simulate heavier traffic or to characterise more components at the same time due to the modular architecture of our test system.
With non-terminating, full bandwidth, the 2.5Gbit+ multirate transceiver is field-upgradeable and can be extended to deeper channelisation, such as virtual tributary (VT) and virtual container (VC) levels, or to multiple rates, such as OC-3, OC-12, or Gigabit Ethernet".
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