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WaveSmart Circulator
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Circulator Application
The Cleareld WaveSmart Circulator facilitates economical ber relief (4 strands
to 2 strands) on most legacy Optical Transport system spans equipped with 1310
nm or 1550 nm WBO (Wide Band Optic) SONET/Ethernet optics [Discrete/SFP/
XFP (Small Form Pluggable/ 10g Small Form Pluggable) based] to carry trafc in a
bi-directional format (XMT & RCV) (Transmit and Receive).
Note: SFP/XFP systems may be better served with a WDM solution. See your
Cleareld representative for more information.
Prerequisites:
Verify that system is currently operating within AML/EML (Actual Measured Loss/Expected Measured Loss) limits to
ensure a healthy system.
Verify the optical transport system can accommodate the additional 1.6 dB IL introduced into the span by the inser-
tion of 2 circulators (0.8 dB per circulator).
Verify the laser source is of a SLM DFB (Single-Longitudinal Mode Distributed Feedback) type with adequately
narrow spectral width.
If the system uses an MLM (Multi-Longitudinal Mode) type laser source, ber relief can still be obtained by imple-
menting WDM’s in place of circulators. See your Cleareld representative for more information.
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Installation, Test & Turn-up Procedure
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Install a Cleareld MOC cassette containing at least two circulator components into an appropriate Cleareld housing
at either end of the existing span to be treated. (Symmetrical deployment design).
Verify that there is live trafc on the “working” ber pair and not the “protect” ber pair. If the trafc is on the protect
pair, then as appropriate to the individual optical transport system practices, manually switch live trafc away from
protect ber pair to the working pair.
Connect 2 ber jumpers with appropriate connectors from the Optical Transport (SONET/Ethernet) TX (Protect) to
the TX port and RX (Protect) to the RX port of the Cleareld MOC Cassette. Connect them to the ports labeled TX
A/B/C/D & RX A/B/C/D respectively at both ends of the span (A&Z). The letters A, B, C, and D designate the individu-
al circulator components within the MOC. “A” is the rst component. “B” is the second component.
At both ends of the span, connect 1 ber jumper between the OSP ber assigned to remain in-service carrying the
bi-directional optical “Protect” signal to the Port labeled “OUT A/B/C/D” as appropriate on the Cleareld MOC Cas-
sette.