OTC304202 OptiX Metro WDM Optical

Power Calculation

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 Review

Do you remember the Signal Flow of

OptiX Metro 6100/6040?

OTM – OLA -- OADM -- OTM

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 Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you

will be able to:
 Grasp the relation of each Reference
Point on the Equipments;
 Grasp the Optical Power Calculation;
 Grasp the common indices on Optical
Power Calculation.

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 Reference

 OptiX Metro6100 Technical Manual

 OptiX Metro 6040 User Manual

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  Basics

 Review the Signal Flow

 Common Indices

 Optical Power Calculation

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Signal Flow of OptiX WDM System

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 Common Indices

Insertion Loss (M40, D40, MR2, DCM……)

Specification of OA (OAU, OBU,OPU)

Specification of OTU

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 Specifications of OAU/OPU/OBU

Type Gain Minimum input Maximum output Width of front

(dB) optical power optical power panel
(dBm) (dBm) (nm)
OAU-C01 20 – 33 -32 20 64
OAU-C02 20 – 33 -32 17 64
OAU-C03 26 – 32 -32 20 64
OBU-C01 23 -32 17 32
OBU-C02 23 -22 20 64
OPU-C01 20 -32 14 32
OPU-C02 20 -32 14 32

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 Specification of OTU

Receiver Overload Power Mean Launch Power

OTU Types
Sensitivity (dBm) (dBm) (dBm)
DWDM
-17 0 -1~-5
OCU Side
Client Side -18 -3 -3~-9
DWDM PIN:-18 PIN:0 -10~2（EA）
Side APD:-25 APD:-9 -10~7 (Direct Modulation)
LDG
1310：-19 1310：-3 1310:-11.5~-3
Client Side
850：-17 850：0 850:-9.5~0
DWDM PIN:-18 PIN:-3 -10~2(EA
LWX Side APD:-25 APD:-9 -10~7 (Direct Modulation)
Client Side -18 -3 -10~-4

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 Specification of OTU

Receiver Overload
OTU Types Mean Launch Power (dBm)
Sensitivity (dBm) Power (dBm)
DWDM PIN:-18 PIN:0 -10~2（EA）
LWM Side APD:-25 APD:-9 -10~7（Direct Modulation）
Client Side -18 -3 -10~-3
DWDM PIN:-18 PIN:0 -10~2（ EA ）
LQS Side APD:-25 APD:-9 -10~7（Direct Modulation）
Client Side -28 -8 1310nm : -8~-15
DWDM PIN:-18 PIN:0 -10~2（ EA ）
Side APD:-25 APD:-9 -10~7（Direct Modulation）
LGS Client Side SDH:-28 -8 SDH : -8~-15
GE（1310nm）:-19 -3 1310nm : -9.5~0
GE（850nm）:-17 0 850nm : -11.5~-3

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  Basics

 Optical Power Calculation

 Power calculation of OSC

 Power calculation of Traffic Channel

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 Power Calculation of OSC

 Typical Launch Power of SC2/SC1/TC1/TC2: -3~-4dBm

 IL of FIU (from RM to OUT or from IN to TM): 1dB
 Receiving Power＝Launch Power – Loss of Fiber – 2•IL of FIU

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 Power Calculation of Traffic Channel

Power calculation of OTM

Power calculation of OLA

Power calculation of OADM

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Power Calculation of OTM - Transmitting Side

PA OAU BA
FIU

19
20
OTU M40
To Fiber
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩
⑦
DCM

① Typical Launch Power: -2dBm IL-Insertion Loss

② IL of M40:6dB
③ ⑥ Min. IL of VOA:2dB VOA
④ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-19dBm
⑤ Nominal Output Power of individual channel:1dBm Fixed Attenuator
⑦ IL of DCM: depend on compensation distance
⑧ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-15dBm
⑨ Nominal Output Power of individual channel: 4dBm
⑩ IL of FIU: 1dB

Note:
1. Nominal Insertion loss of V40: 9dB,
2. POutput＝PInput of Channel＋Gain ＋ 10lgN, N: number of channel.
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 Power calculation of OTM - Receiving Side

OAU
From Fiber PA BA
OTU

19
20
FIU D40
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩
⑥
DCM
VOA
① IL of FIU: 1dB
② ⑤ Min. IL of VOA:2dB Fixed Attenuator
③ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-19dBm
④ Nominal Output Power of individual channel:1dBm
⑥ IL of DCM: depend on compensation distance
⑦ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-15dBm
⑧ Nominal Output Power of individual channel: 4dBm
⑨ IL of D40:6dB
⑩ Typical Receiving Power: -10dbm(PIN)

If ESC is available, FIU and SC1/2 (orTC1/2) are not involved in power calculation.

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 Power calculation of OLA

OAU
From Fiber PA BA To Fiber
FIU

19
20
FIU
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨
⑥
DCM VOA
① ⑨ IL of FIU: 1dB
② ⑤ Min. IL of VOA:2dB Fixed Attenuator
③ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-19dBm
④ Nominal Output Power of individual channel:1dBm
⑥ IL of DCM: depend on compensation distance
⑦ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-15dBm
⑧ Nominal Output Power of individual channel: 4dBm

Note:
If the input optical power of PA is lower than the nominal power, VOA
must be removed to make input power as high as possible, input
optical power of BA must reach the nominal value.

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 Power calculation of OADM I
O O O O
T T T T
OAU U U U U

BA OBU
From Fiber PA To Fiber

23
MR2

19
MR2

20
FIU FIU

① ② ③ ④ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨
DCM

⑤
VOA
① ⑨ IL of FIU: 1dB
② ④ ⑦ Min. IL of VOA:2dB Fixed Attenuator
③ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-19dBm
⑤ IL of DCM: depend on compensation distance
⑥ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-15dBm
⑧ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-15dBm

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 Power calculation of OADM II

O O
O O T T VOA
T T U U
Fixed Attenuator
U U

From Fiber ⑨
③ PA BA To Fiber

20
FIU MR2

19
MR2 FIU
① ② ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ①
OAU-I OAU-II

① ⑧ IL of FIU: 1dB
② ⑤ ⑨ Min. IL of VOA:2dB
③ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-19dBm
④ Nominal Output Power of individual channel:1dBm
⑥ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-15dBm
⑦Nominal Output Power of individual channel: 4dBm

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 Power calculation of OADM

 Ensure the power flatness of pass-through channel and add

channel
 Ensure that power of OBU or BA in OAU reach the Nominal Value.
 Power calculation of dropping/adding wavelength channel

If ESC is available, FIU and SC1/2 (orTC1/2) are not involved in power calculation.

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 Summary

Questions
 How to calculate multiplex wavelength
optical power? answer

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 Practice
A B C D E F G
1

If there are four wavelengths in the actual network,

please calculate the optical power of the reference points.
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