Alcatel 1600 series SDH optical transmission equipment

Alcatel 1600 series SDH optical transmission equipment product summary, listing 5 transmission hardware: 1650 SMC, 1651 SM, 1660 SM, 1664 SM, 1686 WM, introducing equipment types, positioning, core capabilities, and typical applications, targeting local and metropolitan transmission networks.

Item Description of Each Product

1. Alcatel 1650 SMC

Device type: Optical Multi Service Node

Speed level: STM-1/STM-4

Main abilities

Complete support for standard PDH and SDH interfaces, with speed coverage ranging from 2 Mbps to 622 Mbps;

Equipped with ISA integrated service adapter board, supporting ATM switching and packet ring switching;

Supports Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet rate adaptation for transmitting packet services over optical transmission networks.

Application scenarios: Local and metropolitan transmission networks.

2. Alcatel 1651 SM

Device type: Synchronous Add Drop Multiplexer (ADM)

Speed level: STM-4 (622 Mbit/s)

Main abilities

Perform service add/drop (up/down service) on bidirectional east-west bidirectional 622 Mbit/s optical flow;

Support multiple branch services including PDH, SDH, electrical interface, and optical interface;

The device can be configured as: line terminal equipment, optical line regenerator, ADM add/drop multiplexer; Support line protection/unprotected mode.

Note: Tempest version is available.

​3. Alcatel 1660 SM

Equipment type: Multi Service Provision Platform (MSPP), Multi Service Optical Node

Speed level: STM-64 (10G), single machine single rack solution

Main abilities

SDH cross connection+CWDM coarse wavelength division multiplexing add/drop capability;

Telecom grade layer 2 switching: Ethernet, MPLS, RPR elastic packet ring, ATM cell switching;

Application scenario: Building the next generation urban and regional SDH multi service transmission network.

4. Alcatel 1664 SM

Equipment type: STM-16 (2.5-Gbit/s) synchronous ADM add/drop multiplexer

Main abilities

Transmission and insertion/extraction of STM-1 and STM-4 optical signals;

Can connect to 140M electrical and optical ports STM-1/STM-4 branches; A single rack can accommodate up to 8+1 (including 1 spare) 140M/STM-1 units, or 4 STM-4 units, and the boards can be configured in a mixed manner;

Support configuring as line terminal devices ADM； Supports regular fiber optic and dispersion shifted fiber optic, and supports protected/unprotected working modes.

5. Alcatel 1686 WM

Equipment type: Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)

Main abilities

Up to 32 bidirectional optical signals can be transmitted over a pair of optical fibers;

The interface complies with the ITU-T G.692 standard and supports optical interfaces such as 4L-16.2, 16.2, 32L8-16.2, and 32L6-64.2;

System composition: two sets of terminal stations+several line stations; The line station can be an optical amplifier relay.

Note: Tempest version is available.