Agilent Technologies OmniBER OTN J7232A Instruction Manual

Agilent Technologies
OmniBER OTN
Communications
Performance Analyzers
J7232A & J7230B
Technical Data Sheet
Powerful SONET/SDH testers, ideal for
testing next generation SONET/ SDH
devices and modules.

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Key Features
• ITU-T G.7041 GFP (Generic Framing
Procedure) compliance testing (GFP-T
and GFP-F)
• ITU-T X.86 LAPS (Link Access
Procedure for SDH) compliance testing
• ITU-T G.707 Virtual Concatenation with
256ms delay generation and
measurement
• High order (STS-3c, STS-1, VC-4, VC-3)
and low order (TU, VT) virtual
concatenation
• Ethernet Payload Structures
• Full range of standard, concatenated
and mixed mappings
• Unframed/framed testing at all rates
• Powerful overhead testing
• Alarm stress test
• Sequence generation and capture
• SONET/SDH entire overhead capture
• Transmit and receive output triggers
for error and alarm events
• All standard error and alarm
measurements, plus:
- optical power, frequency
- service disruption time, pointer
movements
• Simultaneous all-channel testing
• GPIB, LAN and RS-232 remote control
• Universal Instrument Drivers
• Broad range of graphical results tools
• Comprehensive on-line help
• 2 year calibration cycle
Product Overview
Introduction
Agilent Technologies' new OmniBER OTN
J7232A and J7230B are not only powerful
SONET/SDH testers, they are ideal for
testing next generation SONET/ SDH
devices and modules. The OmniBER OTN
J7232A supports all line rates from 1.5
Mb/s to 2.488 Gb/s whereas the
OmniBER OTN J7230B supports all line
rates from 1.5 Mb/s to 10 Gb/s plus the
OTU-2 line rate of 10.7 Gb/s. Each product
provides a rich feature set tailored for
design and verification of Next Generation
SONET/SDH test applications helping you
get your new products to market fast.
OmniBER OTN's extensive capabilities
help you to ensure that your new products
meet the stringent requirements set out in
the latest standards. With its ability to
verify Ethernet encapsulation into
SONET/SDH via Generic Framing
Procedure (GFP), Link Access Procedure
for SDH (LAPS) and Virtual Concatenation
to ITU-T G.7041, X.86 and G.707
respectively, you can be confident that
your designs comply and will interoperate
in a multi-vendor environment.
What's more, Agilent's all-channel
monitoring technology lets you
simultaneously monitor all STS/AU
channels (up to 192 with the J7230B) in a
received SONET or SDH line signal,
continuously, for fast problem resolution
and efficient verification of next
generation transmission systems.
A comprehensive on-line help system is
accessible at the touch of a button, while
context sensitive help is provided
automatically as you navigate through the
user interface. You can also extend the
help available by adding your own
documentation.

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Contents
SmartTest 4
Signal Wizard 4
GFP Testing (ITU-T G.7041) 4
LAPS Testing (ITU-T X.86)5 4
Ethernet MAC Testing 4
SONET/SDH Virtual Concatenation 5
SONET/SDH testing 5
Contiguous Concatenations enhancement 5
Mixed mappings 5
DSn/PDH testing 5
Additional measurements 5
Instrument Tour 6
Technical Specifications 8
Test interfaces (rates, wavelengths, connectors, line codes) 8
Optical transmitters 8
Optical receivers 8
SONET/SDH Electrical interfaces (supplied with options 104,
105 and 106)
9
DSn/PDH Electrical interfaces (requires option 012) 9
Clock synchronization (inputs, outputs, line frequency offset) 9
Signal Structures, Mappings and Payloads 10
OTN mappings 10
SONET mappings 10
SDH mappings 11
Mixed mappings generation (requires option 325) 12
DSn/PDH frame formats and channel structures 13
Test patterns 13
Measurements 13
Error measurements 13
Alarm detection and measurement 14
Additional measurements 14
Signal Wizard (all-channel testing) 15
Error and alarm generation 16
Error generation 16
Alarm generation 16
Overhead testing 17
OTN overhead testing 17
SONET/SDH overhead testing 17
GFP overhead testing 18
LAPS overhead testing 18
Ethernet overhead testing 18
SONET/ SDH pointer adjustment control 18
Virtual Concatenation Delay Generation 19
Event triggers outputs - OTN/SONET/SDH 19
Trigger output port for OTN/SONET/SDH 19
GCC/DCC drop/insert 20
Payload drop/insert capabilities 20
Thru-mode testing 20
DSn/PDH testing 21
DS1 loopcodes and DS3 FEAC messages 21
PDH spare-bits testing 21
Signaling-bits testing 21
Additional features 21
General specifications 22
Regulatory standards 22

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SmartTest
The front panel Smart Test key provides
fast access to the test set's extensive
measurement capability. With only a few
key presses you can quickly access:
• SignalWizard
• Virtual concatenation measurement
overview
• Optical Power measurement
• Frequency measurement
• Trouble scan
•Overheadmonitor
• Pointer graph
Signal Wizard
Signal Wizard is a unique test tool that
has been specifically designed to meet
the challenges associated with testing
the new generation of SONET/SDH
transmission systems - systems that
combine grooming, switching and
multiplexing in a single unit. With one key
press, Signal Wizard automatically:
•Simultaneouslymonitors the line
signal and all STS/AU channels (up to
192) for errors, alarms and pointer
activity.
• Shows which channels are
unequipped and the type of service
being carried by equipped channels.
• Provides Path Trace message listing
and search tools (including sub-string
searches) to assist in identifying path
routing errors within the network
GFP Testing (ITU-T G.7041)
The OmniBER OTN allows structured test
signals to be generated in order to fully test
Ethernet over SONET/SDH encapsulation
to ITU-T G.7041. This verifies that designs
are compliant to standards and ensures
multi-vendor interoperability.
• Generate and receive Framed (GFP-F)
and Transparent (GFP-T) payloads
• Generate and detect correctable and
uncorrectable Header Error Control
(HEC) errors
• Generate and detect Loss of Client
Signal (LOCS) and Loss of Client
Character Synchronization (LOCCS)
• Access to GFP overhead including
extended header for linear (CID) and
null topologies
• Ethernet MAC Payload mapping with
adjustable data rate from 1Mb/s to
1Gb/s (GbE)
• User specified number of superblocks
for GFP-T
LAPS Testing (ITU-T X.86)
Prove standards compliance and ensure
interoperability with OmniBER OTN's
ability to generate and analyze Ethernet
mapped into SONET/SDH via LAPS
encapsulation as defined in ITU-T X.86.
• Generate and receive LAPS
encapsulated Ethernet
• Error generation includes the ability to
inject undersized frames and invalid
control sequence errors
• Ability to inject and detect erroneous
frame alarms and link loss
• User programmable header fields
allows other HDLC-based
encapsulations such as Cisco HDLC to
be generated and received
• Configurable Ethernet MAC payload
up to 1GbE
Ethernet MAC Testing
OmniBER OTN provides the capability to
test Ethernet MAC payloads, which have
been encapsulated using GFP or LAPS.
• User definable Ethernet overhead
• Adjustable data rate from 1Mb/s to
1Gb/s
• Ethernet MAC Error generation and
detection
• PRBS generation within Ethernet
MAC payload
Figure 1.
Error and alarm status clearly presented for each detected
STS/AU channel, and for all VT/TU channels in a selected
STS/AU.
Figure 2.
Clear tabular display of J1 or J2 path trace messages, or those
identified based on a sub-string search.

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• Service disruption test
• Setup and monitoring for linear and
ring APS/MSP messages
• Active APS test
• Setup and monitoring for J0, J1 and J2
trace messages
• Tandem connection monitoring testing
to the SDH standards (both N1 and N2)
• Burst and periodic sequence pointer
adjustment control
• Drop-Insert of DCC channels
• External drop-Insert of asynchronous
mapped payloads
• Performance analysis G.826, G.828,
G.821, M.2101, M.2101.1, M.2110,
M.2120
Contiguous Concatenations
enhancement
Enhancement of contiguous
concatenations allows you to test the
breadth of GR-253/ G.707.
• STS-3c, 6c, 9c, 12c, 24c and 48c
• AU-3, AU-4, AU-4-2c, AU-4-3c,
AU-4-4c, AU-4-8c, AU-4-16c
• PRBS within the concatenated
payloads
• Support of GFP/LAPS as the
concatenated payloads
Mixed mappings
Support for mixed mappings now allows
convenient setup of complex structures
resulting in reduced test times
• Two convenient configuration modes
- Preset (simple background selection)
- Mixed mappings (mixed background
selection)
• Configure any combination of valid
positions
• Any channel can be set as Foreground
• Foreground channel can be virtually
concatenated
• Background channels can be either
- Equipped
- Unequipped
- AIS
DSn/PDH testing
The DSn/PDH test capability allows
comprehensive testing of DSn/PDH
signals and networks with the following
interfaces: DS1 (1.5 Mb/s), DS3 (45
Mb/s), 2 Mb/s, 8 Mb/s, 34 Mb/s and 140
Mb/s. Supported functionality includes:
• Unframed, framed, and structured
(mux/demux) testing
• Error and alarm generation and
detection
• 56 kb/s, n x 56 kb/s, 64 kb/s and n x
64 kb/s testing
• Drop-Insert DSn/PDH to/from
SONET/SDH
• Drop-Insert DS1/2Mb/s to/from
DSn/PDH
• DS1 loop codes and DS3 FEAC
messages
• PDH spare-bits control and monitoring
• Performance analysis G.826, G.828,
G.821, M.2101, M.2101.1, M.2110,
M.2120
Additional measurements
• Optical power
• Line frequency
• Pointer measurements
•Servicedisruption
• Virtual concatenation differential delay
measurement
SONET/SDH Virtual
Concatenation
Verify virtual concatenation of high and
low order payloads with delay generation
across the full ITU-T G.707 256ms range.
Realistic traffic with full Ethernet payload
mapped via GFP or LAPS.
• High order concatenation of
STS-3c/STS-1/AU-4/AU-3
• Low order concatenation of
VT2/VT1.5/ TU-3/TU-12/TU-11
• Flexibility to specify which members
form the group and add delay to each
member
• Group overview simultaneously
monitors all group members
• Discovery function automatically
detects virtual concatenation
members
• Fine delay adjustment to see exactly
when input buffers fail
• Coarse delay adjustment allows
performance under transients to be
verified.
• Full alarm and error generation and
detection
SONET/SDH testing
SONET/SDH capability allows
comprehensive testing of synchronous
networks with the following interface
rates: 2.5 G/s, 622 Mb/s, 155 Mb/s and 52
Mb/s. Supported functionality includes:
• Framed/unframed testing at all rates
• SONET/SDH error and alarm
generation and detection
• Setup and monitor all overhead bytes
• Alarm stress testing with 'p', 'n', and
'm' sequences
• Overhead sequence generation and
capture
• Entire overhead capture (no payload
capture)
• Transmit and receive error and alarm
event trigger outputs
• Through mode test capability
- Transparent through mode
- Overhead overwrite - add
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Instrument Tour
large active-matrix
(TFT) color display
bright bi-color LEDs
show test status at a
glance
SmartTest - the
gateway to powerful
test tools
help system at the
touch of a button
simple operation via
menu and arrow
navigation
keypad for text and
numeric data entry
single key access to
test status
Fi
gure
3
.
GPIB Interface
Figure 4.
auto-ranging power supply
covering all standard
ranges of input voltage

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Instrument Tour (continued)
DCC/GCC drop/insert
plus output triggers
STS-1/3 and STM-0/1e
Tx and Rx
DS1 balanced
Tx & Rx
10 Gb/s optical Tx
DS3 and 2/8/34/140 Mb/s unbalanced Tx & Rx
eye clock for 52-2488
Mb/s optical Tx
2 MHz unbalanced clock output
BITS (DS1) balanced clock output
2.5 Gb/s optical Rx
(broadband)
LAN port 10/100 – remote control
RS-232 (remote control)
VGA output
keyboard port
mouse port
USB (printing)
2 Mb/s and 2 MHz balanced clock in
10 MHz, 2 Mb/s and 2 MHz unbalanced clock in
floppy disk drive
BITS (DS1) balanced clock in
carrying handle
52/155/622/2488 Mb/s
optical TX (1310nm)
52/155/622/2488 Mb/s
optical TX (1550nm)
Tx Eye clock 52-2488Mb/s
Tx Data
RX data
10 Gb/s optical Rx
Tx Eye clock 10/10.71 Gb/s
Figure 5.

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Technical specifications
OmniBER OTN J7232A & J7230B
The following specification provides details on the OmniBER OTN
transmission test set, including all standard options. Where required,
contact your Agilent sales representative for information regarding
availability of these enhanced testing products.
Test interfaces (rates, wavelengths, connectors, line
codes)
Optical Line Rates
Framed:
OTU2
OC-1/3/12/48/192
STM-0/1/4/16/64
Unframed:
10.71/9.95/2.48 Gb/s
622/155/52 Mb/s
Wavelength (≤2.5 Gb/s)
Option 104 - 1310 nm
Option 105 - 1550 nm
Option 106 - 1310/1550 nm
(Option 108 and 112
only available on
J7230B)
Wavelength (10 Gb/s)
Option 108 - 1550 nm
Wavelength (10/10.71 Gb/s)
Option 112 - 1550 nm
Connectors
Option 609 - FC/ PC
Option 610 - SC
Option 611 - ST
SONET/SDH
Electrical
Line Rates
STS-1/3 (STM-0/1e)
Connectors
STS-1/3 (STM-0/1e) - BNC (75 Ω,
unbalanced)
Line Code
STS-3/STM-1e - CMI
STS-1/STM-0e - B3ZS
PDH/DSn Electrical Line Rates
DS1, DS3; 2/8/34/140 Mb/s
Connectors
DS1- Bantam (100 Ω, balanced)
DS3 - BNC (75 Ω, unbalanced)
2 Mb/s - BNC (75 Ω, unbalanced);
3-pin Siemens (120 Ω, balanced)
8/34/140 Mb/s - BNC (75 Ω, unbalanced)
Line Code
DS1 - B8ZS, AMI
DS3 - B3ZS
2/8/34 Mb/s - HDB3
140 Mb/s - CMI
Optical transmitters
52Mb/s - 2.5Gb/s 10Gb/s & 10.71Gb/s
Line Code NRZ NRZ
Wavelength
1310nm
1550nm
1280-1335nm
1500-1580nm
-
1530-1565nm
Output Power
1310nm
1550nm
-2.5 to +2.0dBm
-2.5 to +2.0dBm
-
-1.0 to +2.0dBm
Spectral Width
(-20dB)
<1.0nm <1.0nm
Extinction Ratio >8.2dB >8.2dB
Pulse Mask Meets ITU-T G.957 (6/1999) and Telcordia
GR-253-CORE issue 3 (9/2000)
Fiber Type Single mode Single mode
Laser Safety See "Regulatory Standards" section for details
Optical receivers
52Mb/s - 2.5Gb/s 10Gb/s & 10.71Gb/s
Line Code NRZ NRZ
Wavelength (2) 1310/ 1550nm 1310/ 1550nm
Fiber Type Single mode Single mode
Damage Input
Power
>0dBm >+2dBm
Operating Range (3) -28dBm to -9dBm -16dBm to -8dBm
Notes:
1. 52-2488 Mb/s: For BER = 1 x 10 -10 (input signal extinction ratio >=
8.2 dB).
10.71 Gb/s: For BER = 1 x 10 -12 (input signal extinction ratio >= 8.2 dB).
2. Specification nominal however the receiver is a broadband device and
operates over the 1290 - 1565nm range.
3. Typical specification.

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SONET/SDH Electrical interfaces (supplied with options
104, 105 and 106)
STS-1/3 andSTM-0/1e
Transmitter Meets Telcordia GR-253-CORE Issue 3 and
ITU-T G.703 for level and pulse shape.
Level:
STS-1: STS-1 (HI), STSX-1 (450 ft), STS-1 (900
ft). STM-0e: ± 1.1 Vpk, ± 10%.STS-3/STM-1e:
± 0.5 Vpk, ± 10%.
Receiver Input mode: terminated or monitor.
Monitor gain: 20 dB or 26 dB.
Equalization: STS-1/STM-0e: Selectable
off/on. When enabled, automatic equalization
provided for 450 to 900 ft of cable loss.
STS-3/STM-1e: Automatic for cable loss to 12
dB at half the bit rate.
Jitter tolerance: Meets Telcordia
GR-253-CORE Issue 3 and ITU-T G.825.
DSn/PDH Electrical interfaces (requires option 012)
DS1/3
Transmitter Meets ANSI T1.102-1993.
Level:
DS1: DSX-1, DS1-LO.
DS3: DS3-HI, DSX-3, DS3-900'.
Receiver Meets ANSI T1.102-1993.
Input mode: terminated or monitor.
Monitor gain:
DS1: 20 dB, 26 dB, 30 dB.
DS3: 20 dB, 26 dB.
Equalization:
DS1: Automatic equalizes for DS1-HI, DSX-1,
and DS1-LO levels in both terminated and
monitor modes.
DS3: Selectable off/on. When enabled,
automatically equalizes for DS3-HI, DSX-3, and
DS3-900' levels in both terminated and
monitor modes.
Jitter tolerance: Meets Telcordia GR-499
Category II and ITU-T G.824.
2/8/34/140 Mb/s
Transmitter Meets ITU-T G.703.
Level:
Meets ITU-T G.703 for all rates.
Receiver Meets ITU-T G.703 and G.772.
Input mode: terminated or monitor.
Monitor gain:
2/8 Mb/s: 20 dB, 26 dB, 30 dB.
34/140 Mb/s: 20 dB, 26 dB.
Equalization: Meets ITU-T G.703.
Jitter tolerance: Meets ITU-T G.823.
Clock synchronization (inputs, outputs, line frequency
offset)
Clock references Internal: ± 4.5 ppm Includes setting accuracy,
stability over temperature and aging.
External Clock Inputs:
BITS (1.5 Mb/s): Bantam (100Ω balanced).
MTS (2 MHz and 2 Mb/s): BNC (75Ω
unbalanced) and Bantam (120Ω balanced)
Loop-timed: Transmitter timed by a clock
recovered from the receiver.
Frequency offset Offsets the transmitted line signal relative to
the selected clock reference.
Offset: ± 100 ppm in 0.1 ppm step.
Offset accuracy: 0.02 ppm
Note: For 10Gb/s and 10.71Gb/s operation the
total of external clock reference offset and
transmitter line rate offset must not exceed ±
90 ppm. For all other rates the combined
offsets must not exceed ±120 ppm.
Clock outputs Output clocks generated relative to the
selected transmit reference clock.
BITS (1.5Mb/s): Bantam (100Ωbalanced).
MTS (2 MHz): BNC (75Ωunbalanced).
Eye clock outputs Clock outputs that are frequency locked to the
transmitted optical line signal.
Rate:
52/155/622 Mb/s and 2.5 Gb/s: Output line
rate divided by four.
10 Gb/s: Output line rate divided by sixteen
(622 MHz nominal).
10.71 Gb/s: Output line rate divided by sixteen
(669 MHz nominal)
Level: Nominal ECL, ac coupled.
Impedance: Drives nominal 50Ωinputs.
Connector: SMA.

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OTN mappings
Synchronous and asynchronous mapping of 10 Gb/s SONET/SDH structured payloads is supported plus test signal and null
client mappings as per ITU-T G.709. For SONET/SDH payloads, both synchronous and asynchronous mappings are supported. In
asynchronous mode, the payload offset and line rate offset can be applied to the transmitted signal and measured by the
instrument receiver.
SONET mappings
Bulk STS-1, STS-Nc, VT mappings and DSn/En service payload testing supplied as standard with the product. Ethernet mappings
support GFP (Framed and transparent) and LAPS within virtually concatenated STS-3c-xv, STS-1-xv, VT2-xv, VT1.5-xv or STS-1,
3c, 6c, 9c, 12c, 24c, and 48c.
Signal Structures, Mappings and Payloads
Virtual Concatenation mappings
Mapping No. of Members Payloads
STS-3c-Xv X=1 to 16 Bulk Filled or GFP/LAPS with Ethernet frame
STS-1-Xv X=1 to 48 Bulk Filled or GFP/LAPS with Ethernet frame
VT2-Xv into single STS-1 X=1 to 21 Bulk Filled or GFP/LAPS with Ethernet frame
VT1.5-Xv into single STS-1 X=1 to 28 Bulk Filled or GFP/LAPS with Ethernet frame
OC-n/STS-n
STS-48c
SPE
STS-24c
SPE
STS-12c
SPE
STS-9c
SPE
STS-6c
SPE
STS-3c
SPE
STS-1
SPE
VT group VT 2
SPE
VT 1.5
SPE
VT 2
VT 1.5
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS,
E4 Async
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS,
E3 Async, DS3 Async
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS,
E1 Async, E1 Float
Bulk filled
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS,
DS1 Async, DS1 Float
STS-48c
STS-24c
STS-12c
STS-9c
STS-6c
STS-3c
STS-1
STS-192c
SPE
Bulk filled
STS-192c
OC-n/STS-nOC-n/STS-n
STS-48c
SPE
STS-24c
SPE
STS-12c
SPE
STS-9c
SPE
STS-6c
SPE
STS-3c
SPE
STS-1
SPE
VT group VT 2
SPE
VT 1.5
SPE
VT 2
VT 1.5
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS,
E4 Async
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS,
E3 Async, DS3 Async
Bulk filled,
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS,
E1 Async, E1 Float
Bulk filled
Ethernet via GFP/LAPS,
DS1 Async, DS1 Float
STS-48c
STS-24c
STS-12c
STS-9c
STS-6c
STS-3c
STS-1
STS-192c
SPE
Bulk filled
STS-192c
Figure 6.
SONET Mappings Supported