Alcatel 1642 Edge Multiplexer

155-to-622-Mbit/s Alcatel OMSN for customer premises & public/private companies

The Alcatel 1642 EM is a multiservice CPE that highlights

Ethernet/Fast Ethernet ports with Layer 2 Ethernet switching
functions to enable both point-to-point (E-line) and multipoint
(E-LAN) Ethernet services.

The Alcatel 1642 Edge Multiplexer (EM), delivery of Ethernet services, bringing the
part of the Alcatel Optical Multiservice benefits of SDH to the transport of data
Node (OMSN) family, is an ideal space- services. The variety of existing and future
saving, next generation multiservice interfaces and services can be easily mapped
building block for customer premises and into the SDH transport layer, adding the
business locations. It enables business, reliability and flexibility of SDH transport
residential and mission-critical communi- and providing a future-safe investment in
cations in the metro network, providing new services.
unmatched performance for its size.
The primary applications for the ETHERNET VPN SERVICES
Alcatel 1642 EM product are found in AND LAN INTERCONNECTION
the following areas: Data-aware features integrated into the
> Delivery of QoS-based Ethernet and Alcatel OMSN family through integrated
TDM services to customer premises service adapter (ISA) plug-in modules
and business locations fully address the technical requirements
> Local and metropolitan rings of today’s service providers, as well as the
> Point-to-point links with intermediate expected need to provide telecom operators
drop/insert and/or regeneration stations with the latest, future-safe optical pro-
> Always-on, mission-critical visioning platforms.
communication The Alcatel 1642 EM features an
Ethernet/Fast Ethernet card for the
COST-EFFECTIVE CPE FOR transport of reliable frame-based data
MULTISERVICE OPTICAL ACCESS interconnections in point-to-point, point-
The extension of SDH benefits to customer to-multipoint and shared-bandwidth ring
premises and business locations has become applications. The capability to map Ethernet
an established concept. Installation of com- flows into multiple SDH resources using
pact optical equipment (CPE) for leased- virtual concatenation dramatically boosts
line and public/private-company services to the survivability of the user data con-
medium and large businesses is a reality in nection in the event of a network failure.
many access networks. The benefits can be ISA-ES1 blades can be hosted in the
summarized in the extensive end-to-end Alcatel 1642 EM and enable carrier-class
path control and monitoring capabilities Ethernet VPN and aggregation services
offered by SDH networks. It is worthwhile in the metro network.
adopting SDH technology even for the

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Beyond mapping business and industrial Ethernet Network-infrastructures owner must manage and
flows onto SDH network resources through standardized transport new Ethernet-based revenue-generating value
mechanisms such as GFP/LAPS, VCAT and LCAS (as added services (VAS) at the lowest cost per bit, especially
specified in ITU G.7041, ITU G.7042 and ITU G.707), the in the access network, where bandwidth is limited. The
ISA-ES1 series cards introduce wire-speed classification, shared-bandwidth ring allows sharing of bandwidth
policing and scheduling capabilities on a carrier-class between multiple users who are accessing the ring, using,
Ethernet switching blade. for example, only 1 x VC-3 on each link for Ethernet
Per-customer traffic flow management with low band- traffic and leaving enough bandwidth for other revenue-
width granularity, traffic segregation and per-flow QoS generating services.
mechanisms are supported to enable service-oriented The Alcatel 1642 EM’s Ethernet card gives service
Ethernet networking. Two different blade options are providers and public/private companies an optimized
available for the ISA-ES1 to meet the required capacity solution for providing Ethernet LAN interconnection
and features, providing the best cost-optimized Ethernet services with incremental investments, exploiting the
solution for different networking applications: existing SDH infrastructure, thus avoiding the need to
> ISA-ES1 3-port version, offering 2 x FE electrical plus deploy a new overlay infrastructure, ultimately reducing
1 x FE optical ports on board, providing 155 Mb/s both CAPEX and OPEX.
backpanel capacity and featuring GFP, VCAT, LCAS,
VLAN/Q-in-Q with QoS support. COMPACT, FLEXIBLE, DATA-ORIENTED, FUTURE-SAFE
> ISA-ES1 8-port version, offering 8 x FE electrical ports The Alcatel 1642 EM is based on 2 x STM-1/4 (155 to
on board, with the same features as the 3-port version. 622 Mbit/s) line interfaces, up to 18 STM-1 equivalents
full non-blocking HO SDH matrix and 12 STM-1 equiva-
Through the integration of Ethernet-switching capability lents full non-blocking LO SDH matrix, clock reference
on Alcatel 1642 EM Ethernet cards, not only point-to- and equipment control functions, all concentrated in a
point, but also point-to-multipoint applications and shared- 1-slot wide compact card.
bandwidth rings can be implemented. The resources The equipment’s shelf is physically formed in four
required to connect several customer and business sites parts: a middle-lower area where a main control board
to provide Ethernet LAN interconnection services are holds an STM-1/4 ADM, the upper part with up to four
drastically reduced. upper tributary boards and the left and right parts
hosting the fan and power-access board.

Figure 1- Positioning the Alcatel 1642 Edge Multiplexer in the Network

Metro Core/ Telecom Operators

Backbone WAN
Service Provider

Public/Private
Metro MAN Companies
Edge

Metro LAN-Extension
Access 1642 EM
1642 EM

1642 EM 1642 EM 1642 EM

Metro
CPE LAN
1642 EM 1642 EM 1642 EM

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The system may be configured as an STM-1 add drop by the Alcatel 1642 EM, even in multivendor networks.
multiplexer (ADM) with a termination capacity of up to Whether in telecommunications-office environments or
112 x 2 Mb drop for metropolitan networks or as an STM-4 at enterprise locations, the Alcatel 1642 EM has the right
multiservice terminal multiplexer with 2 x STM-1 and powering solution (DC or AC) and optional power
8 x E/FE interfaces, used to link several large offices to redundancy can provide equipment protection.
an enterprise network. Concerning traffic protection, sub-network connection
The Alcatel 1642 EM has a symmetrical architecture, protection (SNCP) with drop-and-continue function is
allowing its application as terminal multiplexer, add-drop provided for improved traffic availability, enabling the
or mini cross-connect in spur, multiple rings or meshed Alcatel 1642 EM to be inserted directly into access rings
topologies. All traffic ports (PDH, Ethernet or SDH) of or to be connected to access rings via point-to-point,
the same type have the same functionality and behavior unprotected or protected links. SNCP also enables end-
and there is no inherent split between tributaries and to-end protection of SDH paths. Dual hubbing to two
aggregates. distinct central-office transport nodes is also possible,
The Alcatel 1642 EM’s resiliency makes it ideal as a e.g., via dual STM-4 uplinks.
multiservice transport node. In terms of hardware, the The Alcatel 1642 EM paves the way to build unique
Alcatel 1642 EM has a centralized control architecture optical-network infrastructures, supporting optimized
that limits the presence of processors and software to transport and integrated networking functions for data
the compact ADM-1/4 card. Traffic ports have no on- applications, such as new Ethernet VPN services.
board processors and may be reused from one piece of The Alcatel OMSN family consolidates the vast expe-
equipment to another, or retrieved from stocks without rience gathered by Alcatel in optical-network architectures
concern about software versions. The Alcatel 1642 EM through hundreds of thousands of installations world-
also offers local and remote software downloads. In addi- wide. That’s also where true reliability comes from.
tion, service providers can also monitor subnets formed

Figure 2 - The Alcatel 1642 EMUS in Mission-Critical Communications

Public/Private Companies Always-on Mission-Critical Communications

Power Utility CPE/Metro Access Metro Transport

E1
Ethernet Voice
Oil and Gas 10/100
1642 EM
Railway FE/GE Corporate
SCADA
OMSN OMSN Production
Airport 1642 EM
2Mbps and Distribution
SONET/SDH Control Systems Data
Highway/Underground
1642 EM
Government Station Line Side Signal
34/45 Mbps
Post Telephone
Cable and TV Broadcaster 1642 EM OMSN OMSN
Interlocking
Enterprise Equipment
LAN/LAN-extension MAN - WAN

Power
Generation

Display CCTV Video- Video

Ticket CCTV Panels conferencing Surveillance
Terminal TPR

MUX
Meter
Emergency
Call Point Telephony Storage
RTU
Passenger Terminal Bridge/Tunnel Highway Office LAN TV Studio Substation

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Technical Summary Equipment Protection ¬ VC groups (maximum 8 at Operation

> -48 V DC power redundancy 21/2/1) > CMISE craft terminal through RS232
Applications ¬ classification/forwarding per port at 38.4 kb/s
> NG-SDH multiservice CPE Network Protection ¬ MAC DA 802.3, C-VLAN/S-VLAN, > Network management access through
> SNCP/I 802.1p QB3 interface or Qecc G.784
> Terminal multiplexer, ADM, multiple
rings or meshed networks > SNCP drop and continue ¬ Ethernet multicast > Local and remote SW download
> Multiservice metro-access context > MSP 1+1 ¬ Q-in-Q (802.1Q/ad) > Remote inventory
> Stacked and subtended rings > Collapsed single-node ring ¬ QoS 802.1p; STP/RSPT > Housekeeping: 3 inputs plus 1 output
interconnection (802.1d/w/s) > Auxiliary channels: EOW, 12 x RS232
> Private-line and Ethernet VPN services
> Collapsed dual-node ring ¬ Ethernet performance counters per
> Single fiber working
interconnection port/aggregate/flow, incoming/
outgoing
Interfaces ¬ E-Line, E-LAN, Ethernet aggregation
> Network interfaces: Compact ADM Monitoring
services
function with 2 x STM-1 or 2 x STM-4 > Performance monitoring according
(S/L) to G.784, G.826, G.821
Power
> Customer interfaces (four slots > Path overhead monitoring (POM)
on 100 percent VCs > Station battery: -48 V DC, 220 V AC
available each):
> Ethernet performance monitoring > Power consumption: 40 W (typical)
¬ 8/28/32 x 2 Mb/s (2 mm HM
interface/RJ45/120 ohm) counters
¬ 8 x 2 Mb/s retiming (coaxial Physical Dimensions
interface) Synchronization > Chassis size
¬ 1 x 34/45 Mb/s > Internal oscillator ±4.6 ppm ¬ height: 88 mm
¬ 1 x STM-1 (electrical, S-1.1, L-1.1, > Holdover drift ±0.37 ppm per day ¬ width: 443 mm
or L-1.2) > External sources: STM-n/2 Mb/s ¬ depth: 295 mm
¬ Up to 8 x Ethernet 10/100 ports, 1 external 2 Mb/s > Installation options desktop:
Base-TX/FX input/output wall-mount, ETSI rack
> Priority and quality (SSM)
Connectivity synchronization algorithms Environment
> Up to 18 x 18 STM-1 equivalent full > Operating conditions: ETS 300 019,
non-blocking SDH fabric (HO) and Data Blades (ISA) class 3.2
12 x 12 STM-1 equivalent full > Ethernet Switch (ES1): > Storage conditions: ETS 300 019,
non-blocking SDH fabric (LO) in all ¬ 1Gb/s throughput class 1.2
configurations > Transportation conditions: ETS 300
¬ 155 Mb/s backpanel capacity
> 6 x 6 STM-1 equivalent full non- 019, class 2.2
> ES1 8-port version:
blocking SDH fabric (HO/LO) in > ESD/EMC: ETSI EN300 386,
STM-1 configuration ¬ 8 x Ethernet 10/100Base-TX/FX
“Other than Telecommunications
> Unidirectional, bidirectional, broadcast > ES1 3-port version:
Center” Class B
connections ¬ 2 x Ethernet 10/100Base-T +
> Line and VC loopbacks 1 x Ethernet 10/100Base-FX
> Ethernet over SDH with L2 networking ¬ GFP-F/LAPS, VCAT, LCAS
(e.g., VLAN/Q-in-Q) over mesh, rings, ¬ VC-12/VC-3/VC-4 terminations
spurs

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