Breakthrough module includes robust
in-service OSNR measurements up to 400G
QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO
Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF), the network test, monitoring and
analytics experts, today released the FTBx-5255 Optical Spectrum
Analyzer (OSA) for field applications to meet the live network
testing needs of telecom service providers, internet content
providers and network equipment manufacturers all under pressure to
deliver flawless services to a high-speed, data-hungry
market.
Until now, service providers and internet content
providers had no choice but to interrupt communications by shutting
down networks or channels to measure the optical signal-to-noise
ratio (OSNR) of 100G/200G/400G (Pol-Mux) signals, a key performance
indicator of customers' quality of service. With the launch of
EXFO's new OSA, service providers and data centers can stay live
for in-service network testing of OSNR from 10G to 400G; O-band
pluggables and L-band transceivers; and CWDM spectral analysis,
among other applications. The capability to address all these OSA
testing applications will also appeal to NEMs, in particular, the
system verification and system testing groups.
"Customers have repeatedly expressed a need for a
non-intrusive way of measuring OSNR on high-speed networks, to
ensure they're meeting customer expectations for quality of
service," said Stéphane Chabot, EXFO's Vice President, Test and
Measurement. "Our new portable optical spectrum analyzer equips
service providers, internet content providers, and NEMs for testing
live networks, saving them time and significantly reducing
operating expenses while making troubleshooting faster and better.
No one else can offer them the ability to address all OSA testing
applications with a single module."
The FTBx-5255 is available in EXFO's FTB-2,
FTB-2 Pro and FTB-4 Pro portable test platforms as well as in the
LTB-8 platform for rackmount and lab applications.
About EXFO
EXFO develops smarter
network test, monitoring and analytics solutions for the world's
leading communications service providers, network equipment
manufacturers and webscale companies. Since 1985, we've worked side
by side with our customers in the lab, field, data center,
boardroom and beyond to pioneer essential technology and methods
for each phase of the network lifecycle. Our portfolio of test
orchestration and real-time 3D analytics solutions turns complex
into simple and delivers business-critical insights from the
network, service and subscriber dimensions. Most importantly, we
help our customers flourish in a rapidly transforming industry
where "good enough" testing, monitoring and analytics just aren't
good enough anymore—they never were for us, anyway. For more
information, visit EXFO.com and follow us
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