The Agilent 37719A Omni-BER 719A Communications Performance Analyzer is a portable single-box instrument for bit error rate and jitter testing across SONET, ATM, and Packet over SONET networks. Operating at data rates up to 2.5 Gb/s (OC-48), it delivers protocol verification, transmission integrity analysis, and wander characterization for telecommunications development, system validation, and manufacturing environments.
Technical Specifications
Data Rates & Protocols
• SONET: OC-48, OC-48c, OC-12, OC-12c, OC-3, OC-3c, OC-1, STS-3, STS-3c, STS-1
• ATM and POS payloads up to 2.5 Gb/s
• T-Carrier/PDH (Option 013): DS1, DS3, E1, E2, E3
Optical Interfaces
• Wavelengths: 1310 nm (Option 104), 1550 nm (Option 105), 1310/1550 nm (Option 106)
• Receiver wavelength range: 1200 to 1600 nm
• Connectors: FC/PC standard; SC (Option 610) and ST (Option 611) available
• Customer-exchangeable connector system
Electrical Interfaces
• Line code: NRZ
• Level: 1 V peak-to-peak nominal into 50 ohms
Jitter & Wander
• Wander measurement at all installed rates from 2.5 Gb/s down to 1.5 Mb/s
• Wander generation at 1.5 Mb/s, 2 Mb/s, and synchronous rates 52 Mb/s to 2.5 Gb/s
• Wander frequencies down to 10 µHz with amplitudes to 57,600 UI
• Real-time MTIE, TDEV, and MRTIE calculation
– Key Features
• Concatenated payload testing from VT 1.5 to STS-48c
• Simultaneous J1 trace identifier display (e.g., 48 identifiers in OC-48)
• Channelized and through-mode testing for SONET ring turn-up
• Tandem Connection Monitoring (TCM)
• Protection switching time measurement
• SONET overhead testing with comprehensive protocol verification
• DS1 in-band and out-of-band loop code generation and monitoring
• IP datagram and inter-packet gap configuration for POS payloads
• Smartsetup autodiscover for automatic line rate and payload identification
• HDLC stuffing verification
– Typical Applications
Telecommunications development, system validation, manufacturing test, optical and electrical transmission system characterization, standards compliance verification.
