The new CWDM / DWDM system, joins MICROSENS existing modular Access platform and has so much built-in flexibility that it can be deployed by telecommunications providers, metropolitan carriers or even in sophisticated backbone applications.

The system is based on a new telco chassis that can be installed in 19" racks. It occupies 3 HU and accepts up to 28 modules. Its modular construction provides maximum flexibility for configuration, expansion and maintenance. The system supports a multitude of functionality modules, including protocol-transparent converters, wide-range retimers for full signal conditioning, optical multiplexers and demultiplexers, line-protection modules and add/drop multiplexers. The redundant power-supply modules provide fail-safe power to all installed units.
The system is fully compatible with MICROSENS' modular Access Platform, and users can choose from numerous access modules that flexibly convert media for a variety of protocols. User data transmission is transparent, and not restricted to any particular protocol. The system supports all common protocols such as Fast Ethernet, ATM OC-3/OC-12/OC-48, Gigabit Ethernet, ESCON, FICON and Fibre Channel. Its optimised design provides an optical budget of 24 dB, thus making transfer distances of at least 80 km possible.

Given its modular design, the system can be configured for a wide range of applications: from simple point-to-point applications right up to complex linear add/drop and ring structures.