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TrueFlex Twin Multi-Cast Switch (MCS)

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The TrueFlex Twin Multi-Cast Switch (MCS) lets providers introduce contentionless wavelength add/drop at agile optical network nodes to minimize provisioning constraints that can result increase pre- deployment costs and slow down time to service. Employing the industry-proven Lumentum planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology, the Twin MCS supports a fully flexible modulation format range and wavelength spacing to enable next-generation capacity growth for 100 G, superchannels, and beyond.

The Twin MCS integrates multiple discrete high-performance switching elements into a single compact package and control interface. Software control allows the MxN system to dynamically route any wavelengths that use coherent receiver technology from a particular line-side“M”direction in the node to any“N”ports on the termination side. Termination ports are colorless in both the drop and add directions, simplifying cabling and avoiding the need for manual reconfiguration. If the same wavelength is present on multiple line-side links, each direction can terminate the same wavelength to allow maximum network flexibility for wavelength re-use, including protection and restoration strategies. Various options are available including 4x4, 4x16, and 8x16.

TrueFlex capability means that the Twin MCS dynamically scales to support higher transmission rates using a gridless spectrum and accommodates arbitrary modulation formats used for individual or superchannels. High isolation performance between ports ensures maximum optical data integrity though multiple nodes, compared to simple power combiners.

The Twin MCS complements other products in the TrueFlex portfolio to enable agile optical networks with a combination of colorless, directionless, and contentionless (CD/CDC) node attributes that drive flexibility and scalability, while minimizing network providers’capital and operational costs.

Key Benefits• Simplify network planning with highly scalable, efficient

contentionless wavelength routing

• Enable automated optical-layer protection and restoration with minimal constraints

• Scale your solutions using modular upgrade ports

• Minimize equipment footprint with an ultra- compact design

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Applications

Colorless/Directionless/Contentionless (CDC)• The Twin MCS connects to multiple twin high-port-count WSS

and/ or line-side splitters to allow any wavelength in any line direction to be terminated at a common bank of transceivers.

• Upgrade existing broadcast-and-select or route-and-select ROADMs to contentionless

• Avoid“stranded”wavelengths through the system

• Eliminate the need for on-site manual operations during provisioning

• Enable optical-layer restoration

MxN

MCSMxNMCS

OCM

OCM

OCM

OCM

Colorless / Directionless/Contentionless

10G

10G

100G

10G

Rx

Tx

Rx

Tx

Rx

Tx

Rx

Tx

Rx

Tx

Rx

Tx

10G

100G

HPC

1xN

WSS

HPC

1xN

WSS

HPC 1xNW

SSH

PC 1xNW

SS

HPC 1xNWSS

HPC 1xNWSS

Modular Switch Growth• The Twin MCS can be cascaded together to expand to different

size switches to meet various traffic termination requirements.

TrueFlex Full Spectrum Support• The Twin MCS supports arbitrary channel widths and

modulation formats with hitless provisioning.

• Enable adding flexible capacity for 100 G and beyond

• Mix and match modulation formats on different channel widths

• Maximize spectral efficiency throughout the network

Frequency (GHz)

Tran

smis

sion (dB

)

25 GHz

37.5 GHz50 GHz

North AmericaToll Free: 844 810 LITE (5483)

Outside North AmericaToll Free: 800 000 LITE (5483)

ChinaToll Free: 400 120 LITE (5483)

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Specifications

Parameter Values

Port count 4x4 or 8x16 plus upgrade port

Wavelength spectrum 191.15 to 196.25 THz

Channel grid ITU 100/50 GHz grid compatible or mixed TrueFlex gridless operation

Mechanical dimensions 185 x 140 x 18 mm