OTM/Back to Back OTM

A back-to-back optical terminal multiplexer (OTM) site consists of two OTMs arranged back
to back.

 Signal Flow
The OTM node is used at the terminal station. The back-to-back OTM node is usually
used at central sites.
 Subrack Layout
This section describes the typical configurations for the optical layer of a back-to-back
OTM node.
 Subrack Connections
This section describes how to connect fibers for optical subracks of an 80-wavelength
back-to-back OTM node.

Parent topic: OTN Typical Configuration

Signal Flow
The OTM node is used at the terminal station. The back-to-back OTM node is usually used at
central sites.

In the receive direction:

 The optical supervisory signals and the main path optical signals are separated from
the line signals received from west. The optical supervisory signals are sent to the
optical supervisory unit for processing, and the main-path optical signals are sent to
the demultiplexer after amplification.
 Certain wavelengths are dropped and enter the OTU before being sent to the local
client equipment. The other wavelengths are not demultiplexed locally. They pass
through and are multiplexed with the locally added wavelengths before the optical
amplification.
 Finally, the signals are multiplexed with the processed optical supervisory signals for
line transmission.

The signal flow of the transmit direction is the reverse of this process.

Figure 1 shows the signal flow of an 80-wavelength back-to-back OTM node.

Figure 1 Signal flow of an 80-wavelength back-to-back OTM node

Subrack Layout
This section describes the typical configurations for the optical layer of a back-to-back OTM
node.

Configuration Principle
Optical multiplexer unit and demultiplexer unit:

 For an 80-wavelength back-to-back OTM node, ITL boards must be configured if the
M40V/M40/D40 boards are used for adding/dropping wavelengths.

Optical amplifier unit:

 Optical amplifier boards must be configured according to the power budget for actual
situations.

Spectrum analyzer unit:

 When WMU and MCA4/MCA8/OPM8 boards are required for an OTM node, configure WMU
boards prior to MCA/MC8/OPM8 boards.
 When only MCA4/MCA8/OPM8 boards are required for an OTM node, the MCA4 boards are
most preferred.
 It is preferred to connect an MCA4/MCA8/OPM8 board to the MON port on an optical
amplifier board or the MON port on an FIU board.
Optical supervisory channel unit:

 For an 80-wavelength back-to-back OTM node, two SC1 or one SC2 can be configured.

Typical Configuration

This section uses the OptiX OSN 8800 T32 as an example to illustrate the typical
configurations for the optical layer of a back-to-back OTM node.

As shown in Figure 1, two subracks are required.

Figure 1 Typical configurations for the optical layer of a back-to-back OTM node

Parent topic: OTM/Back to Back OTM

Subrack Connections
This section describes how to connect fibers for optical subracks of an 80-wavelength back-
to-back OTM node.

Figure 1 uses a westbound 80-wavelength back-to-back OTM node as an example to illustrate

how fibers are connected.
Figure 1 Subrack fiber connections for an 80-wavelength back-to-back OTM node

Parent topic: OTM/Back to Back OTM