DATASHEET | OCTOBER 2012 FIBER OPTICS
| REV 2012.10
Information contained herein is deemed reliable and accurate as of the issue date. EMCORE reserves the right to change the design or specification at any time without notice.
Applications
Fiber Optical Protection Switching
Redundant Ring Architectures
FTTx Networks
Features
Automatic, Manual and Remote
Switching
Auto-Switching Time Less than 25ms
SNMP Control Interface
Front Panel LED Indicators
1 RU Rack-Mount Enclosure with Choice
of AC or DC Power Supply
The EOS-6000 Optical A/B Switch is a high-performance solution for network
protection and optical redundancy. Packaged in convenient 1RU housing, this line of
optical switches provides an automatic or manual fiber switching function to protect the
network from inadvertent service outages due to up-stream optical signal degradation.
Each fiber’s optical signal power level is continuously monitored, as is an adjustable
optical trip threshold for each channel. If the primary fiber’s optical signal power level
falls below the desired optical trip threshold, the unit automatically switches to the
secondary fiber, thus eliminating the need for intervention of a system operator. The
EOS-6000 is capable of manual switching or can be switched remotely via SNMP
adding optical protection to many system applications.
The EOS-6000 series is designed as a low power, cost-effective, high-performance
switching solution for applications that demand reliable and rapid response to
changing network conditions
Figure 1: Redundant Path Configuration for CATV Broadcast
Optical Characteristics
EOS-6000 Optical A/B Switch
…
To WDM & PONs
Medallion 6000
CATV Tx (Main)
Medallion 6000
CATV Tx (Backup)
MAIN
EOS-6000
Optical Switch
BACKUP
NMOA8100/8200
EDFA
RF In
RF In
Property Units Min. Typ. Max.
Operating Wave Length Nm 1310 +/- 10 or 1550 +/- 20
Insertion Loss dB 1.0 1.3
Return Loss dB 55 60
Polarization Dependent Loss dB 0.06 0.1
Repeatability dB +/-0.01 +/-0.02
Isolation dB -60 -50
Input Optical Power dBm 24
Switching Time ms 25
