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OTC304202 OptiX Metro WDM

Optical Power Calculation

ISSUE 1.52
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 Review

Do you remember the Signal Flow of

OptiX Metro 6100/6040?

OTM – OLA – OADM – OTM

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 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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 References

 OptiX Metro6100 Technical Manual

 OptiX Metro 6040 User Manual

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 Chapter 1 Basics

Chapter 2 Optical Power Calculation

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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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 Insertion Loss
Type MR2 MR4 MB2 M40/D40 DCM(G.652)

IN－DROP <1.5dB <2.5dB <3dB

ADD－OUT <1.5dB <2.5dB <3dB
IN－MO or
<1dB <1.5dB <2dB <8dB null
IN-MRO，MRI-OUT
MI－OUT or
<1dB <1.5dB <1dB
IN-BMO，BMI-OUT
20kmDCM <4dB
40kmDCM <5dB
60kmDCM null <7dB
80kmDCM <8dB
100kmDCM <9dB

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 Specifications of OAU/OPU/OBU

Minimum input Maximum output Width of front

Type Gain (dB) optical power optical power
(dBm) panel (nm)
(dBm)

OAU-C01 20－33 －32 20 64

OAU-C02 20－33 －32 17 64
OAU-C03 26－32 －32 20 64
OAU-C05 23－36 －32 23 64
OBU-C01 23 －32 17 32
OBU-C03 23 －22 20 64
OBU-C05 23 －22 23 64
OPU-C01 20 －32 14 32
OPU-C02 20 －32 14 32
OPU-C03 23 －32 15 32

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 Specification of OTU

Receiver Overload Power

OTU Types Mean Launch Power (dBm)
Sensitivity (dBm) (dBm)
DWDM Side
-17 0 -1~-5
OCU
Client Side -18 -3 -3~-9
PIN:-18 PIN:0 -10~2（ EA ）
DWDM 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
PIN:-18 PIN:-3 -10~2(EA ）
DWDM Side
LWX APD:-25 APD:-9 -10~7 (Direct Modulation)

Client Side -18 -3 -10~-4

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 Specification of OTU
Receiver Sensitivity Overload Power
OTU Types Mean Launch Power (dBm)
(dBm) (dBm)
PIN:-18 PIN:0 -10~2（ EA ）
DWDM Side
LWM APD:-25 APD:-9 -10~7（ Direct Modulation ）

Client Side -18 -3 -10~-3

PIN:-18 PIN:0 -10~2（ EA ）
DWDM Side
LQS APD:-25 APD:-9 -10~7（ Direct Modulation ）

Client Side -28 -8 1310nm : -8~-15

PIN:-18 PIN:0 -10~2（ EA ）
DWDM 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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 Chapter 1 Basics

Chapter 2 Optical Power Calculation

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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
OTU FIU

19
M40

20
To Fiber
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩
⑦
① Typical Launch Power: -2dBm DCM
② ⑥ Min. IL of VOA:2dB
③ IL of M40:6dB
④ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-19dBm
IL-Insertion Loss
⑤ Nominal Output Power of individual channel:1dBm
⑦ IL of DCM: depend on compensation distance VOA
⑧ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-15dBm
⑨ Nominal Output Power of individual channel: 4dBm Fixed Attenuator
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
① IL of FIU: 1dB
② ⑤ Min. IL of VOA:2dB VOA
③ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-19dBm Fixed Attenuator
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
① ⑨ IL of FIU: 1dB VOA
② ⑤ Min. IL of VOA:2dB
③ Nominal Input Power of individual channel:-19dBm Fixed Attenuator
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

O O O O
T T T T
OAU U U U U
BA OBU
From Fiber PA To Fiber

23
FIU MR2 MR2 FIU

19
20

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:-19dBm

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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

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 Summary

 How to calculate multiplex wavelength optical power?

answer

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 Practice
A B C D E F G
1
LWF DCM OAU OBU LWF
DCM
M TC TC D
LWF RC
4 4 LWF
OUT IN OUT IN
4 0 MO MI
RC
0
LWF OAU OAU LWF
RM F TM RM TM
F
TM I RM1 TM2 F RM
F F F I
SCC SC1 B SC2 I SC1 SCC
I I I B
RM E TM1 RM2 U TM
U U U E
TM R M M TM RM
RM R
LWF R R TWD
LWF
OAU OAU
M
D 2 2
TC RC
LWF
4 IN OUT 4 LWF
MI MO
0 TC RC IN OUT 0
LWF DCM DCM LWF
OBU OAU
O T M1 O LA O T M2
If there are four wavelengths in the actual network,
please calculate the optical power of the reference points.

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