Tera-Pass develops advanced Optical Transport Network (OTN) and OSUflex processors and Intelligent Virgo SFP+ optical modules that enable Network Equipment (NE) vendors to build optimized, resilient, and cost-effective wireline and wireless access and metro systems.
Tera-Pass offers a unique combination of ASIC OTN processors (Apodis product family), IP Solution (Orion, Scorpion) OTN processors, and SFP+ Optical Modules (Virgo). Tera-Pass’ products enable network equipment vendors to select the most optimal solution for their needs. The various members of each product family are designed bearing in mind software and hardware commonality, simplifying the transition from one family member to another.
Apodis ASIC OTU2/1 processors support up to 16 multi-rate and multi-service client signals, a built-in ODU0/1/2/flex switching fabric and up to 4 OTU2/1 lines. The OTU2 lines may be configured with Super-FEC I.4/I.7 or GFEC forward error correction algorithms. Apodis offers a wide range of capabilities for both client and line signal processing.
Orion OTU2r IP Solution processors support the transport of CPRI-3/4/5/7/8/9 signals over OTU2r bearers. The multiplexing of CPRI-3/4/5 signals is carried out as per the ITU-T Supplement 56 to the G Series Recommendations. By electronically multiplexing CPRI signals to OTU2r bearers, Orion can optimize the utilization of 4G MFH (Mobile FrontHaul) optical links or thanks to GFEC forward error correction support extended distances between the Remote Radio Units (RRU) and their associated BaseBand Contollers (BBU).
Scorpion OSU IP Solution processors implement the IEEE 2893-2023 OSUflex standard. Scorpion supports the transport of FE/GE, STM1/4 and E1/T1 client-services over OSU (Optical Service Units) flexible bandwidth containers, that are then multiplexed to ODU0 (Optical Data Unit 0, 1.25G) signals. Scorpion supports also the transport of FE/GE and STM1/4 signals directly over ODU0 fixed bandwidth containers. Scorpion offers FE/GE client-signal rate limiting capabilities and presents the traffic over OTU1 lines. OSU technology optimizes OTN for the direct support of fine grain services, without requiring an SDH aggregation layer, thus optimizing the subtending optical infrastructure and obviating the need for SDH technology.
Virgo SFP+ empowers 10GE signals with powerful Forward Error Correction (FEC) algorithms: Super-FEC I.7 or GFEC. The FEC algorithms are provided by mapping the 10GE signal to an OTU2 or OTU2e electrical bearer.
Virgo SFP+ modules can be ordered with a range of wavelengths (1310/1550nm; DWDM, CWDM) and optical reach (10/40/80/100Km).
Virgo SFP+ modules are offered in 2 versions: Plug & Play (P&P) or Managed.
Virgo P&P modules switch into service automatically once plugged into their SFP+ sockets. Virgo P&P modules replace regular SFP+ modules.
Virgo Managed modules allow a host µP to manage their 10GE and OTU2 or OTU2e functionality over a Serial Control Channel (SCC).
Support:
Along with its various product families, Tera-Pass also offers an extensive range of design-support tools and services that simplifies and ease the integration of Tera-Pass’ products with our customers’ software and hardware systems.
As the demand for consumer and business data services continues its relentless growth, operators need to adapt and improve their networks to offer more and better services. Broadband services like high definition video and other bandwidth-hungry applications have become commonplace around the world, and over the coming years are expected to continue to increase network traffic dramatically.
New network architectures are the next logical step for operators who wish to offer advanced quality services to premium customers. OTN (Optical Transport Network) technology, that is dominant today at the Metro and Core network layers, will propagate also to the Access Layer. OTN devices at the edge of the network will allow operators to offer high-quality lucrative services to their premium customers while achieving significant CAPEX and OPEX cost reductions.