Intelligent optical capability in new Optojack
A new technology, known as Optojack, that enables the establishment of intelligent optical demarcation points to monitor advanced optical services has been announced by Adva Optical Networking at Broadband World Forum.
Optojack provides optical demarcation and service monitoring at the handoff point between carrier networks, as well as at the demarcation point between the carriers and the customer network. Adva says Optojack is designed to enable remote Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) of key optical network elements in the acess and backhaul portions of the networks.
Analogous to Adva’s successful Etherjack technology, Optojack provides the ability to monitor and test wavelength-based services, a missing service provider requirement today. All too many times providers deliver optical services to customer locations without any visibility into the health or status of the delivered traffic. Additionally, during turn-up or test, there is no way to perform the loopbacks and remote testing from which the most other non-optical services benefit. Without a clear demarcation point that delineates one carrier’s network from the next, or the carriers network from the customer’s, it is challenging for the provider to cost-effectively monitor, manage and troubleshoot an optical service.
Optojack is a Small Formfactor Pluggable (SFP) transceiver-based solution which is compliant with the MSA (SFP MultiSource Agreement) and can be integrated into any SFP-based equipment, including Adva’s flagship FSP 3000 and FSP 150 solutions.
Dr. Christoph Glingener, CTO of Adva Optical Networking commented that Optojack was an invaluable tool to help carriers offer differentiated services to a demanding customer base.
“Due to the competitive nature of our industry, intelligence about the network and the service can be a service provider’s secret weapon”, added Glingener. “No matter the underlying protocol, Optojack allows loopbacks and other key monitoring techniques that provide into network services.”