The Agilent HP J7231B OmniBer OTN is a communications performance analyzer engineered for SONET, SDH, and OTN equipment testing across development, verification, and manufacturing environments. It delivers accurate jitter testing that exceeds ITU-T O.172 standards and supports optical rates from 52 Mb/s to 10.71 Gb/s with full protocol coverage including ITU-T G.709 OTN specifications.
Technical Specifications
Data Rates & Protocols
• SONET/SDH: 52 Mb/s to 10 Gb/s including OC-1/3/12/48/192, STM-0/1/4/16/64, OTU2 (10.71 Gb/s)
• Unframed rates: 10.71 Gb/s, 9.95 Gb/s, 2.48 Gb/s, 622 Mb/s, 155 Mb/s, 52 Mb/s
• PDH/DSn support: STS-1, STS-3, STM-1e
Jitter & Wander
• Compliance: ITU-T O.172 (SONET/SDH jitter generation & measurement), ITU-T O.173 (OTN jitter generation & measurement)
• Programmable user masks for jitter tolerance and transfer measurements
• Parallel measurement filters enable fast testing and event correlation
• Short jitter transient detection and measurement
• MTIE/TDEV wander analysis
Optical Interfaces
• Wavelengths: 1310 nm, 1550 nm, dual 1310/1550 nm (up to 2.5 Gb/s rates); 1550 nm transmit at 10 Gb/s
• Connector options: Side-mounted (Option 004), FC/PC (Option 609), SC (Option 610)
• Transmitters: NRZ line coding at 52 Mb/s–2.5 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s–10.71 Gb/s
• Receivers: NRZ line coding, 1290–1565 nm operational range, input damage power >0 dBm
– Key Features
• All-channel simultaneous monitoring of up to 192 STS/AU channels in received SONET/SDH signals
• GFP (G.7041) and LAPS (X.86) encapsulation analysis for Ethernet payload mapping
• Virtual Concatenation (G.707) and LCAS (G.7042) simulation and analysis
– Typical Applications
OTN equipment development and validation, SONET/SDH performance verification, manufacturing test and acceptance, jitter characterization across optical transport networks.
– Compatibility & Integration
Supports ITU-T G.709 OTN standards, G.707 virtual concatenation, and legacy SONET/SDH protocol stacks.
