Regenerators & Transponders

Optelian's RGN-series products are dual purpose serving both regenerator and transponder applications. They offer transparent regeneration with ultra low latency. Several models are available to fit specific network requirements.

Two data rate options:

• RGN-3 Family: Up to 2.7 Gb/s
• RGN-10 Family: 9.95 to 11.32 Gb/s

Two interfaces

• Tunable – save on spares in DWDM applications
• Pluggable – flexibility for more applications

OTN

• Extended reach with forward error correction (FEC and SuperFEC)
• Enhanced performance monitoring

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Regenerators Extend Reach

Regenerators can be used in a number of ways to extend reach. This saves money whenever placement of SONET/SDH or Ethernet transmission equipment can be avoided.

The optics on some transmission equipment, Ethernet in particular, can be very short reach (500 m to 2 km). Extending this reach up to 100 km can be done simply by adding a regenerator with long reach optics.

Any system can be extended for an unlimited distance by adding regenerators mid-span, as the 3R (reshape, regenerate and retime) function of the regenerator effectively cleans up the signal from chromatic and polarization mode dispersion. Regenerators can be used with amplifiers; amplifiers giving hundreds of kilometers of reach and regenerators placed when necessary to clean up the signal.

Transponders

Transponders generally are the “on-ramp” to WDM, CWDM or DWDM applications.

Transponders perform conversions:

• Media (electrical to optical)
• Mode (multimode to singlemode)
• Wavelength (1310 / 1550 nm to CWDM or DWDM specific wavelengths)