The Agilent/Keysight E1618A is a 622 Mb/s optical line interface module for SONET/SDH (OC-12c/STM-4c) testing within the Agilent Broadband Series Test System. It delivers full-rate signal generation, analysis, and error injection across single-mode SC optical connectors and electrical interfaces, supporting comprehensive transport overhead manipulation and alarm characterization.
Technical Specifications
• Data Rate: 622 Mb/s (full-rate)
• Protocol Support: SONET/SDH (OC-12c, STS-12c, STM-4c)
• Optical Interface: SC connectors, single-mode; adaptable to multi-mode with attenuator
• Electrical Interface: 622 Mb/s
• Module Form Factor: 1-Slot C-Size VXI module
– Key Features
• SONET/SDH transport overhead building, generation, error injection, and capture with save/load functionality
• Alarm generation and detection including automatic REI (Remote Error Indication) alarm synthesis
• BIP (Bit Interleaved Parity) error injection and detection across overhead bytes
• Payload pointer testing with pointer stress generation and synchronization loss measurement
• Trace message generation and capture in 16 and 64-byte formats for section and path overhead
• External triggering for event synchronization with external test equipment
• Real-time statistics graphing and logging with multi-measurement correlation
• Tcl and C-scripting support for automated test environments (UPE)
– Typical Applications
• SONET/SDH line and section overhead characterization
• Pointer synchronization integrity verification
• Alarm and error behavior validation under controlled injection conditions
• ATM traffic and signaling analysis via integrated stream processing
• OAM protocol testing and network impairment simulation
– Compatibility & Integration
The E1618A operates as a component within the Agilent Broadband Series Test System and integrates with the E1609A 0-622 Mb/s ATM Stream Processor for ATM traffic analysis, the E4209B Cell Protocol Processor for signaling and higher-layer testing, the E4219A ATM Network Impairment Module, and the E6270A OAM Protocol Tester for comprehensive multi-layer validation.
