Alcatel 1640 FOX

STM-1/4 Multi-Ser vice Node for Customer Premises

Broadband Optical Alcatel 1640 FOX (Fiber Optics Alcatel’s Optical Multi-Service Nodes
eXtension) is an ideal carrier-grade (OMSN) provide world-class next
Connectivity To The Business generation SDH functionality and capacity
Medium/large enterprises and Optical Multi-Service CPE capable of through aggregation of broadband multi-
corporates rely more and more on delivering a flexible range of different protocol traffic patterns.

optical connectivity to the Metro services – ATM, Ethernet, Voice,

Designed for metro and backbone
network for their mission-critical TDM – supported by next generation applications, the OMSN product family
SDH technology. Its is a compact offers telecom carriers and service providers
applications.
the powerful solution to build intelligent
(desktop or wall-mount) and scalable
optical networks and achieve the optimal
By extending fiber optics to the multi-service platform, which enables balance between new competitive service
Service Providers to extend their offerings and traditional revenue-generating
business, Service Providers’ services.
telecommunication infrastructures service offerings and create new

can effectively support end- revenue opportunities – delivering The Alcatel 1640 FOX is the Optical Multi-
Service Node addressing Customer
customers’ business profitability, optical access connectivity for
Premises applications.
ensuring reliable services ranging enterprises and large businesses to

from voice and data storage the Metro.

replication to high speed Internet

Access and Ethernet Virtual Private
Networks.

To fulfill such requirements, a high

grade optical CPE (Customer
Premises Equipment) is crucial.
It has to offer the capacity and
reliability to boost optical
connectivity from end-customer
applications to the metro network,
supporting a wide differentiation of
bandwidth-hungry services either
TDM or Packet-based. Fig. 1: How Alcatel 1640 FOX fits in the network

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A Compact, Data-Oriented, It also supports Packet Ring Edge Alcatel 1640 FOX features unmatched

Multi-Service CPE Aggregator capability, which provides performances in terms of both

Alcatel 1640 FOX is a next-generation Layer 2 Ethernet/MPLS functions interface density and uplink capacity.

synchronous Multi-Service Node with differentiated QoS.

designed for carrying optical access Multi-service optical protected

services to customer premises over High-density Support for connectivity for large enterprises is

the fiber medium. Large Uplink Capacity achieved – for example – by

The chassis of the Alcatel 1640 FOX supporting simultaneously 4 x

Ideally suited for wall-mount or has three card slots. One slot is for a Ethernet 100Mbps full rate lines, plus

desktop applications, thanks to its Compact ADM-1 or ADM-4 card, 16 x 2Mbps TDM lines, plus one

symmetrical architecture it can be which provides 2 x STM-1 or 2 x Gigabit Ethernet line, all 1+1

configured as Terminal Multiplexer or STM-4 connectivity to the optical network protected.

Add Drop Multiplexer for deployment access network, ideally suited for dual

in spur, ring or meshed metro access homing and high grade protection Multi-Service Applications
network topologies. applications. The other two additional Alcatel 1640 FOX offers to operators
slots may host different interfaces – the ability to deliver several different

Alcatel 1640 FOX provides STM-1 or PDH, SDH or Packet – to serve types of multi-protocol services and to

STM-4 network interfaces for multiple types of customer services, fit into various network topologies.

connection to the access network’s for example: It can host ISA plug in modules

central office. It can be equipped with > Up to 16 x 2Mbps, 34/45 Mbps performing Ethernet, MPLS and ATM

a wide variety of customer interfaces: > Up to 22 x Ethernet 10/100 Mbps switching functions.

2Mbps, 34Mbps, 45Mbps, STM-1 and > Up to 8 x Gigabit Ethernet SX/LX

STM-4 as well as Ethernet 10/100 > ATM switch or Packet Ring/MPLS The traffic originated and terminated

and Gigabit Ethernet SX/LX switch with elastic bandwidth by any customer interface may be

interfaces for direct LAN tuning and traffic policing for diff- directly mapped into SDH Virtual

interconnections. QoS Containers (VCs) and transported

transparently across the SDH
network, or be processed by the ISA-
ATM or Ethernet/MPLS switching
modules for optimal aggregation and
delivery of broadband data services,
such as:
> Leased Lines Services (PDH, SDH)
> Voice Services
> Metro Ethernet Services (Ethernet
Private Lines, Ethernet L2-VPN,
Internet Access)
> DSL, LMDS, UMTS aggregation
services
Fig. 2: Alcatel 1640 FOX block diagram

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Fig. 3: Multi-service metro applications of the Alcatel 1640 FOX

The Alcatel 1640 FOX can act as an Network Optimization The network operator can then
ideal multi-protocol transport device Corporate connections to network optimize the transport bandwidth
between carrier’s and end-customer’s operators’ or service providers’ Points utilization for more revenue-
networks. Besides, allowing Of Presence (POPs) are more and generating services, minimize the
consolidation of different traffic more characterized by data traffic, interconnection costs to external data
patterns (TDM, ATM, Ethernet, GbE) such as LAN switch or access router equipment and ultimately reduce
into either segregated or shared SDH interconnects. investments for network upgrades.
Virtual Containers (pipes), it Alcatel 1640 FOX may be used to
performs edge functions such as deliver IP or ATM backhauling As most of replaceable units (common
traffic shaping, policing and QoS services at variable bit rates, parts and traffic cards) are shareable
guarantees. overcoming the rigidity inherent to within the Optical Multi- Service
Alcatel 1640 FOX may be connected the discrete tributary bit rates offered Nodes family, Alcatel 1640 FOX
to any other SDH node located in a by SDH. allows carriers to balance the impact
central office or in an access ring. In When Alcatel 1640 FOX is directly of spare holding and personnel
the latter case Alcatel 1640 FOX may inserted into an access ring node, training, which results in reduced
connect to the ring either as a spur of traffic coming from different clients investments and network operation
a ring node or as a ring node itself. can be groomed into common SDH costs.
Bi-directional working on a single Virtual Containers, by means of cell
fiber is available for metropolitan or packet-based statistical
networks with fiber shortage. multiplexing.

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Technical Summary
Applications Synchronization Environment
> Terminal Multiplexer and Add Drop > Internal oscillator ±4.6 ppm > Operating condition: ETS 300 019, class
Multiplexer in protected or unprotected > Holdover drift ±0.37 ppm per day 3.2
linear links, rings or meshed networks > Storage condition: ETS 300 019, class
> External sources: STM-n/2Mbps ports, 1
for multi-service optical access 1.2
external 2MHz/2Mbps output
> Single fiber working > Transportation condition: ETS 300 019,
> Priority and Quality (SSM)
> Metro Ethernet services (p2p, L2-VPN, synchronization algorithms class 2.2
Internet Access) > ESD/EMC: ETS 300 386,
Data Engines (ISA) "Telecommunications Center" CLASS B
Interfaces > ISA-ATM: 600Mbps plug-in cell switch
> Network interfaces: 2 x STM-1 or 2 x with STM-1 access on board; CBR, UBR, Operation
STM-4 UBR+, VBR, GFR traffic contracts; > CMISE craft terminal through RS232 at
> Customer interfaces (two slots available point-to-multipoint from VC-12 up to 38.4kb/s
each): VC4 payloads; policing and shaping;
> Network management access through
hard/soft PVCs connections (PNNI);
• 16 x 2Mbps (ISDN-PRA) QB3 interface or Qecc G.784
equipment protection 1+1.
• 1 x 34Mbps > ISA-PR_EA (Packet Ring Edge > Local and remote SW download
• 1 x 45Mbps Aggregator): 1.6 Gbps plug-in switch > Remote inventory
• 2 x STM-1 (S-1.1, L-1.1, L-1.2) with 4 x Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX > Housekeeping: 4 inputs + 2 outputs
interfaces or 1 x GE SX/LX on board;
• 1 x STM-4 (S-4.1, L-4.1, L-4.2, > Auxiliary channels: 1 x RS-232, 1 x V.11
Eth/GFP and Eth/MPLS/POS ports VC-
L-4.2JE)
12 up to VC-4. MPLS label switch and
• 11 x Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX VLAN-tag forwarding criteria. Packet Standards
(ISA-Eth plug-in) classification (VLAN 802.1Q, priority > ITU-T/ETSI
• 4 x Gigabit Ethernet Base-SX/LX 802.1p, IP-DA, IP-TOS, MPLS+exp) and In compliance to latest ITU-T/ETSI
(ISA-GbE plug-in) dual rate leaky bucket traffic standards for SDH equipment
policing/metering. Integrated L2/L3
Connectivity forwarding function. Ethernet Virtual
I.113, I.150, I.311, I.321, I.326, I.356,
> 32x32 STM-1 equivalent full non- Private Line and LAN Services support.
I.357, I.361, I.363.5, I.371, I.432.1,
blocking SDH matrix (HO/LO) in all > ISA-Eth: Rate-adaptive Ethernet 10/100
I.432.2, I.610, I.630, I.731, I.732, Q.2110
configurations transport. ITU-T G.7041 GFP mapping
B-ISDN SAAL, Q.2130 B-ISDN SAAL,
on N x VC-12, N x VC-3, VC-4 with in
> Unidirectional, bidirectional, broadcast Q.2140 B-ISDN SAAL, ETS 300 298-1,
service BonD.
connections ETS 300 298-2, EN 301 163-1-1, EN 301
> ISA-GbE: rate-adaptive Gigabit
> Line and VC loopbacks 163-2-1
Ethernet transport (ITU-T G.7041 GFP
mapping on 1..4 x VC-4).
Protections > ATM Forum
> Linear MSP single and dual-ended Power af-bici-0013.003, af-cs-0127.000, af-nm-
0020.000, af-nm-0020.001,
> SNCP/I, SNCP/N > Station battery: -48 to –60 V dc
af-nm-0095.001, af-phy-0046.000, af-
> SNCP Drop & Continue > Ac mains: optional external AC/DC
phy-0064.000, af-pnni-0055.000,
rectifier inclusive of 2h-battery backup
af-pnni-0066.000, af-pnni-0081.000, af-
(same cover as transmission chassis)
Monitoring tm-0121.000, af-uni-0010.002
> Power consumption: 35 W (typical)
> POM (Path Overhead Monitoring) on
100%VCs > IETF
> SUT (Supervisory Unequipped Trail) Physical Dimensions MPLS (Ethernet over MPLS)
> TCM (Tandem Connection Monitoring) > Chassis size: 90W x 285H x 313D mm > IEEE
> Performance monitoring according to > Installation options: Desktop, wall- IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x,
G.784, G.826, G.821 mount, ETSI rack IEEE 802.3z, 802.1q/p
> Ethernet performance counters

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