Optical transceiver handles 120km transmissions

A Pirelli Broadband Solutions product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Sep 17, 2007

Pirelli's 120km XFP is designed to address metro TDM and WDM applications, transmitting signals up to 120km without the need for dispersion compensation units.

Pirelli Broadband Solutions has released a 120km XFP optical transceiver at the ECOC exhibition and conference, taking place in Berlin, 16th-20th September 2007.

Compliant with the ITU-T G.959.1 recommendation, Pirelli's 120km XFP is designed to address metro TDM and WDM applications, transmitting signals up to 120km without the need for dispersion compensation units.

As with all Pirelli optical transceivers, the 120km XFP supports SONET/SDH, 10Gbit Ethernet and FEC applications.

The new XFP will be on display on the Pirelli stand (#15093).

"The 120km-reach XFP is emerging as a new standard", said Mauro Macchi, Senior Vice President of Development and Product Management for Pirelli Broadband Solutions.

"With this new module, we can target TDM and WDM applications in the metro market, while helping operators to reduce the cost and complexity of the optical network".

Pirelli's XFP product family features high output power and a wide range of dispersion tolerance levels for distances of 80 to over 200km.

This range allows customers to optimise their cost-performance ratio across metro and regional networks.