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Metrobility Optical Systems is a world-leader in delivering highly reliable Ethernet connections for mission-critical systems, broadband metro access and emerging Ethernet industrial process control networks. The company utilizes its vast experience in electrical-to-optical technology in combination with its manageable media, distance and speed conversion solutions to deliver rock solid solutions to customers.

The company offers connectivity, access and wavelength multiplexing solutions for copper-to-fibre, multimode-to-singlemode fibre, distance extension up to 100km, rate adaptation, and line protection and restoration for Ethernet, as well as optical solutions for SONET and TDM networks. 

Metrobility's products enable high degrees of flexibility, scalability and manageability when increased speed and distance extensions requires fibre optics.

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MANAGED ETHERNET IN THE FIRST MILE
Metrobility's
Radiance E-Services NID for Gigabit Ethernet is the ideal migration strategy for service providers who need to administer a remote device using SNMP today but may want to utilize the emerging IEEE802.3ah standard for more reliable and robust management in the future. The Gig-E Service Line Card offers superior flexibility to evolve from a SNMP-based network 

 

interface device (NID) to support the emerging standards for operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) as defined by IEEE802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) Task Force. As a carrier-class device, the Gig-E Service Line Card is specifically designed to maintain the maximum isolation between the public and private network while supporting the OAM requirements defined by both the IEEE and Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF).

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INTUITIVE SNMP-BASED MANAGEMENT
NetBeacon provides intuitive management that graphically illustrates all link connections, environmental conditions, port activity and status at a glance in Metrobility's Radiance chassis-based systems. NetBeacon's innovative, Java-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) is capable of simulating the appearance and functions of each chassis.

Features
Full-featured management of 40 functional, operational and environmental parameters for remote monitoring, troubleshooting and remediation.

Innovate GUI simulates appearance and workings of each Metrobility chassis and its line cards.

Extensive real-time and historical graphing of MIB II and Metrobility-specific MIB extensions. Also supports customizable alarm thresholds and notification procedures to enable early problem identification, fast fault isolation and proactive problem management.

Open architecture allows integration with industry standard SNMP-based enterprise management systems.

E-mail notification of all traps.

WebBeacon, embedded in the management card, adds embedded web functionality to allow network managers to administer fibre connections from Internet browser applications such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

 

Management Cards
The Management Card is the SNMP agent for all Metrobility chassis-based systems. The management card facilitates the collection and dissemination of all chassis and individual board status for use by NetBeacon and WeBeacon. The Management Card requires one slot in the chassis and serves as a CPU.

R502-M
Developed for the Radiance Optical Ethernet System, the R502-M also supports all Radiance chassis and both access line cards and interface line cards. The R502-M supports stacking and database capabilities to track historical data.

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LINE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION
Metrobility's patented "redundant twister"™ interface provides redundant data paths for path protection and restoration. An essential connectivity tool for high priority and mission-critical applications, it provides fully redundant data paths as well as power supply redundancy, for Ethernet, Fast Ethernet or Gigabit devices. If the primary connection fails as a result of cable or hardware failure, the "redundant twister" interfaces switches the device's traffic to the secondary connections within 200 microseconds.

Intelligent "redundant twister" models also deliver Managed Network-on-Demand capability for mission critical applications. Managed Network-on-Demand allows the "redundant twister" media converter to be configured to operate in either Dynamic Recover Mode (DRM) to ensure session integrity and increase uptime, or in Network Select Mode (NSM) to redirect traffic and add security through link isolation.

And with SONAR or Switch on No Activity Received, the interface not only monitors for loss of link on the active port, but will also monitor for traffic. With SONAR, if the active port remains idle for a given amount of time (configurable for 1-31 seconds) the resilient technology of the redundant interface will verify activity on the secondary port, and switch traffic to that port once traffic is detected. This prevents a switch or switch port failure from bringing down the network or any part of it.

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CWDM
Metrobility’s Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (CWDM) solution includes multiplexing, de-multiplexing, and Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (OADM) functionality with remote optical network access units (ONU). This solution combines the broad range of capabilities of passive optical CWDM technology with Radiance line cards and superior network element management through NetBeacon Element Manager to achieve maximum flexibility, scalability, and manageability. This combination creates a robust and flexible managed point-to-point or ring network solution. Metrobility’s CWDM solution is ideal for applications where dedicated bandwidth, enhanced diagnostics, and a secure PON connection are required.

The CWDM network provides a cost-effective “no new fibre upgrade” solution for adding a new GbE service backhaul for the new broadband services.

Metrobility’s CWDM solutions allow users to increase the capacity of existing fibre by utilizing widely spaced, separate wavelengths based on the ITU G.694.2 standard (between 1310nm and 1610nm) within the same fibre pair. These CWDM solutions can support up to sixteen (16) different channels, each carrying up to 1Gbps of bandwidth, and is accomplished through the expansion port on the 4-channel multiplexer. The expansion port allows additional unique wavelengths to be combined on a single fibre pair by 'chaining' multiplexers prior to the final network connection.

‘Drop & Add’ and ‘Drop & Pass’ OADM modules provide the ability to terminate (“Drop”) one or more of the wavelengths from the fibre locally and allows the other wavelengths to continue (“Pass”) to other nodes. Similarly, the “Drop and Add” ability allows a wavelength to be added (“Add”) from a local fibre interface and allows the other wavelengths to continue (“Pass”) to other nodes.

Metrobility's managed CWDM solution utilizes a Metrobility line card with wavelength-specific SFP pluggable optics configured in an R5000 chassis with a management card. The line card provides an inline electrical conversion mechanism for monitoring the optical power of the link against problems such as poor connections, wavelength degradation, and even physical breaks. Line card options include the R231, R153, R752 (for Line Protection and Restoration), and R851. The RA21 standalone ONU is also available with wavelength-specific optics. All of Metrobility's CWDM products are NEBS Level 1 certified.

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CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS
Metrobility
offers a wide range of interface options including Ethernet, SONET and TDM to provide media, speed and distance connectivity. These are available as line cards for the Radiance product line, modules for the Lancast chassis, and standalone "twister" units.

Metrobility offers transparent integration of fibre optic connectivity for Ethernet and Fast Ethernet, 10/100 solutions, Line protection and restoration, T1/E1, T3/E3, Gigabit Ethernet, SONET, Optical Extenders, BWDM.

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INDUSTRIAL ETHERNET
The RD20-24 is a two-slot, DIN rail chassis which will accommodate any of Metrobility's wide range of line cards for Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, 10/100 rate adaption, "redundant" line protection and restoration (LPR), and BWDM (single strand to bi-directional wavelength division multiplexer). Because it is modular, users can choose the line card which best fits their needs.

Line cards are available with a variety of troubleshooting options including remote loopbacks, Link Loss Return, Link Loss Carry Forward, Auto-Recovery and Far End Fault. These features are model dependent, and are configurable manually through a DIP switch on each device, or through Metrobility's NetBeacon Element Manager or WebBeacon software.

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WHITE PAPERS
CWDM -- The Wave of the Future? -- Making the most out of your metro fibre
Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) is a less complex variation of Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) that promises a much more cost-effective way to deliver speed and bandwidth over short distances to metro customers. Continuing technology advances combined with recent strides made in standards organizations, have led to a growing interest in CWDM. This paper will provide an overview of the evolution of WDM technologies, current standards definitions and some of the benefits and shortfalls of today’s CWDM implementations. And finally, we’ll look at the ways in which technology innovators like Metrobility are meeting the challenge to make CWDM “ready for prime time” in metro core and access networks.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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