Nu-Wave

The Low-Cost Wave in

Unrepeatered Submarine Systems
Nu-Wave
All-Raman DWDM transport system

Low cost, low power, small footprint

Up to 69 dB
Mix and match 10 and 2.5 Gb/s services

High system availability

SONET and SDH support

Up to 600 Gb/s
capacity in less
than one rack
All Spans Are Not Created Equal Nu-Wave

Nu-Wave comes in three configurations for

unrepeatered applications, with each configuration
optimized to provide the best performing, most Bridging the Gap
economical solution for the specific application.
Nu-Wave bridges the gap between terrestrial LH/ULH
Nu-Wave ES (Extended Span): Enhanced Nu-Wave systems and repeatered submarine systems. The
system optimized for spans up to 50 dB of loss common Nu-Wave platform supports terrestrial LH/ULH
Nu-Wave LS (Long Span): Additional amplifier applications, unrepeatered applications, as well as
enhancements to support long spans hybrid applications.
Nu-Wave XLS (Extra Long Span): Forward Raman
pumping to achieve an additional 6 dB of performance Terminal
OADM

Typical Nu-Wave Nu-Wave Nu-Wave

Capacity
ES LS XLS
vs. OADM
Span Loss

30 Channels Terminal Hybrid Application

57 dB 63 dB
(300 Gb/s)

Comprehensive Fiber Support

20 Channels Nu-Wave provides an economical unrepeatered solution
50 dB 60 dB 66 dB
(200 Gb/s) for all major fiber types:

- SSMF (G.652)
- PSCF (G.654)
10 Channels
63 dB 69 dB - DSF (G.653)
(100 Gb/s)
- NZDSF (G.655)
Key Nu-Wave Benefits
Nu-Wave provides inexpensive, scalable bandwidth for PDU-T1 PDU-T1

future needs. Depending on link length and fiber loss, Fuse Panel
OAC
Fuse Panel
OAC

system capacity can range from 100 Gb/s to 600 Gb/s.

APM-I APM-I

UR Receive Terminal Amplifier UR Receive Terminal Amplifier

Nu-Wave system provides superior performance in UR Booster Amplifier UR Booster Amplifier

unrepeatered applications, serving applications up to Empty

69 dB (71 dB future).
UR Forward Pumping Unit
UR SBA

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FSU-I

Nu-Wave provides up to 600 Gb/s of capacity in less

UR SBA
FSU-T
DCU (If Required)
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than one 7' rack, providing industry leading space FSU-I

FSU-T
DCU (If Required)

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(10 RU)
DCU (If Required)

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Nu-Wave client interfaces are either SONET or SDH,

based on user provisioning on a port-by-port basis.
Channel Shelf Channel Shelf
30 x 10 Gb/s Capacity 30 x 10 Gb/s Capacity

MDM-30

MDM-30
Per channel optical monitoring enables performance
degradations to be identified and isolated prior to

TSC

TSC
traffic being impacted.
Nu-Wave ES/LS Nu-Wave XLS
Nu-Wave provides outstanding availability. (300 Gb/s Config.) (300 Gb/s Config.)

Specifications
Optical Line Side
Channel Plan 1567.54 nm to 1592.1 nm Transmitter Tunable
on ITU-T grid (25 nm) Receiver Automatic threshold adjustment
Channel Spacing 50 GHz (60 ch) or
100 GHz (30 ch) Client Side
Interfaces OC-48 / STM-16 (4:1 Mux)
Capacity 10 Gb/s to 600 Gb/s
OC-192 / STM-64
Scalability 10 Gb/s increments
(In Service) Physical
Reach Up to 69 dB (71 dB future) Dimensions 7'(H) x 26"(W) x 11 3/4"(D)
Fiber Type Support ITU-T G.652, G.653, G.654
and G.655 Footprint Nu-Wave ES/LS: 1 Bay (up to 60 ch)
Laser Safety Class I Nu-Wave XLS: 1 Bay (up to 30 ch),
Classification 2 Bays (60 ch)

Management Input Power Voltage -40 to -72 VDC

OSC 100 Mb/s @ 1550 nm Power Consumption Nu-Wave ES/LS, 30 ch: 1300 W (typ);
EMS GUI based management Nu-Wave ES/LS, 60 ch: 2340 W (typ);
of Nu-Wave network Nu-Wave XLS, 30 ch: 1410 W (typ);
NM Interface TL1, CORBA Nu-Wave XLS, 60 ch: 2450 W (typ)

Craft Interface Java based GUI with both Compliance GR-63-CORE (NEBS), Zone 4 Seismic
local and remote access ETS 300-019-1
Perf. Monitoring B1 and J0 SONET/SDH, FEC EMI/EMC GR-1089-CORE, FCC Part 15, Class A
statistics, and optical power EN50082-1, EN61000-4
measurements
Optical Safety 21CFR1040.10, 21CFR1040.11
Control Outputs 16
EN60825-1, EN60825-2
Alarm Inputs 50

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agreement. Features and specifications subject to change without notice.

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