Datasheet

OptiDriver 100Gbps Transponder Modules

Highlights
Part of MRVs comprehensive line of 100Gbps
solutions
Based on pluggable optics for best-in-class performance and cost
Multiple transponder types available depending
on the application requirements
Built in circuit testing and digital diagnostics
capabilities to reduce turn-up time and overall
operating costs
Compact, low power, and low cost
Multiple protocol support

Overview

The OptiDriver product line is the most recent addition to MRVs comprehensive family of advanced optical transport
network elements. Designed to offer the industrys highest density 10Gbps transport, OptiDriver is also engineered to
support the latest advances in optical technologies, including the industrys most comprehensive line of 100Gbps transport
options.
OptiDriver is designed from the ground up to reduce capital and operational expenses. A flexible shelf and component
architecture dramatically lowers initial and ongoing hardware costs, simplifies operations, and minimizes power and
space requirements. Multifunction hardware allows a minimum number of components to serve the maximum variety of
applications, including Ethernet, OTN, TDM (T1/E1 to100G), Fibre Channel, ESCON/FICON, Infiniband, and others. Built-in
testing and rapid turn up features lower the operational cost of installation and significantly decrease time to revenue.
OptiDriver is fully integrated into MRVs advanced Pro-Vision service provisioning and management platform, which
operates seamlessly in a mixed network of MRVs Optical and Carrier Ethernet systems. Built-in processing support for
current and emerging intelligent control plane technologies like GMPLS and Software Defined Networking allows
OptiDriver to quickly integrate into new and existing networks.

OptiDriver 100Gbps Solutions

All of OptiDrivers 100Gbps solutions are based on pluggable optics and offer the same multi-function flexibility that
is standard in other OptiDriver modules. The exclusive use of pluggable optics (SFP+, QSFP+, and CFP) ensures that
OptiDrivers solutions are optimized for current and future technologies and can immediately take advantage of advances
in applications, span budget, and fiber capacity. By focusing on standard interfaces, OptiDriver can interface seamlessly
with other standards-based solutions today and as standards progress.
The traditional flexibility of MRVs optical solutions is continued with the OptiDriver 100Gbps solutions, where customers
can choose a single set of hardware for use in multiple applications. For example, by choosing the correct line pluggable
optics (CFP module) a single 100Gbps card type can be deployed in 100Gbps converter, transponder, and repeater
applications. This capability reduces ordering complexity and spares cost and results in an overall reduction in both capital
and operational expenses.
OptiDrivers 100Gbps solutions include muxponders that can flexibly combine lower speed signals into a single 100Gbps
wavelength as well as a series of 100Gbps transponders designed to meet the needs of a variety of native 100Gbps networks.
(For more information on OptiDrivers 100G Muxponder Solutions, please refer to the 100Gbps Muxponder datasheet.)

OptiDriver 100Gbps Transponders

OptiDrivers Transparent Transponder is a 3R regenerator that adds no additional overhead to the signals on the client
or line side. This unique card offers the ability to transparently convert from one 100Gbps interface type to another
100Gbps interface type by choosing appropriate pluggable optics (CFPs). Available as a single-width or dual-width card
to accommodate optics with differing power dissipation requirements, the 100Gbps Transparent Transponder offers
unprecedented density, with up to sixteen 100Gbps transponders and supporting optical hardware (OADM, EDFA, Raman,
DCM, etc.) supported in a single 10RU OptiDriver OD-48 chassis.
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OptiDrivers OTN Transponder includes integrated OTN FEC capability on the transponder, allowing operation
over longer distances or in applications requiring ultra-low bit error rates. By integrating FEC onto the card, the OTN
transponder allows customers to choose lower cost line optics and still achieve the performance of long-distance
components. The OTN transponder also includes an integrated testing function, which can generate and receive a
PRBS test signal on demand. This feature greatly reduces the time required to validate and turn up a new service, and is
especially valuable at 100Gbps where impairments can create significant difficulties. Additionally, the OTN transponder
includes comprehensive digital diagnostic and performance monitoring capabilities for diagnosing network health
and predicting network events before they occur.
The 100Gbps transponders from MRV offer a choice of pluggable CFP line side optics based on distance and capacity
requirements. Gray (non-DWDM) optics are typically used in shorter reach applications, operate over a single fiber
pair, cannot be combined with other services on the same fiber, and are most appropriate for short distance, dedicated
fiber interconnects. Metro DWDM optics operate over four DWDM wavelengths (4x25Gbps) that are a potential solution
for operation on a fiber with a mix of other services. Coherent DWDM optics are the most technologically advanced
and offer benefits on dispersion management, signal reach, and other optical properties. Coherent DWDM optics can
greatly increase the capacity and reach of an optical network.

Operating Specifications
Optical Parameter

Value
3R Transponder (OD-TXP100G)

OTN Transponder (OD-TXP100GF)

100G Interface

2 x CFP

Protocols

100GbE, OTU-4

FEC (gain, latency, BER

threshold)

Provided by CFP

None
RS-FEC (6.2dB, 1.7s, 8.5e-5)
SD-FEC 1 iter. (10.1dB, 7.9s, 1.0e-2)
SD-FEC 2 iter. (10.6dB, 9.4s, 1.4e-2)
SD-FEC 3 iter. (10.9dB, 9.4s, 1.6e-2)

Digital Diagnostics Support

No

Yes

Built-in Testing Support

Yes

Yes

Physical Parameters
Operating Temperature

0C to 50C (32F to 122F)

Storage Temperature

-40C to 70C (-40F to 158F)

Relative Humidity

85% maximum, non-condensing

Physical Dimensions

1 or 2 slots wide x 2 slots tall

2 slots wide x 2 slots tall

Weight (kg)

0.6

0.8

Power (max) with CPEs (W)

1.3

1.8

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