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News Release from: JDSU | Subject: OCC-55 smart optical channel checker
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 May 2008
Power meter provides low-cost OSA
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CWDM technology enables network operators to cost-effectively increase bandwidth on existing fibre networks to meet growing demand for IP-based triple play services.
JDSU has released the OCC-55 smart optical channel checker for CWDM networks The OCC-55 is a selective power meter for CWDM applications that provides the market with a low-cost alternative to optical spectrum analysers (OSAs)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The OCC-55, developed for CWDM network installation, maintenance and surveillance teams, is designed for CWDM system installation, upgrades and troubleshooting.
CWDM technology enables network operators to cost-effectively increase bandwidth on existing fibre networks to meet growing demand for IP-based triple play services.
CWDM systems are mainly being deployed in metropolitan areas where network operator customer groups are densely concentrated and can be reached within a reasonable system link span without the need of optical amplifiers.
Because of this, field technicians can no longer afford to carry a sophisticated full-band OSA to every location in order to verify the presence and the power level of an individual CWDM channel.
The compact and inexpensive OCC-55 meets the market requirement for a CWDM analyser and equips every technician with the ability to check for CWDM channels.
The OCC-55 operates in the 1260 to 1620nm range and deploys a USB interface (both USB host and client available with the OCC-55) that, when used in combination with the free-of-charge OFS-355 software, provides customised reports that are easily downloaded from the OCC-55 to a PC.
The OCC-55 can analyse all 18 CWDM wavelengths in terms of the individual power level and then display the measurement results either in a "bar graph" or "tabular" mode.
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