The Alcatel-Lucent 1646 Synchronous Multiplexer (SM) and the Alcatel-Lucent 1646 Synchronous Multiplexer Compact (SMC) — part of the Alcatel-Lucent Optical Multi-Service Node (OMSN) family — are economical as well as ideal space-saving multiservice systems for customer premises and metropolitan access network applications.

These cost-effective systems can be inserted directly into access rings or connected through unprotected or protected point-to-point links, for example, to connect large and medium business customers to the central office. Relying on a full non-blocking matrix, the Alcatel-Lucent 1646 SM and the Alcatel-Lucent 1646 SMC address many network topologies. Many service interfaces are offered, including all standard PDH and SDH interfaces from E1 to STM-1/-4 as well as Ethernet, Fast Ethernet (FE) and Gigabit Ethernet (GE).

Benefits:

• Significant CAPEX savings compared to other products in the market, thanks to dedicated application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) that integrate several functions (implemented by several ASICs/integrated circuits [ICs] in previous-generation products) and high compactness
• Reduced operating costs, thanks to the new “eco” design: no requirement for a fan, fault diagnostic features and pre-commissioning (already done in the factory)
• More transport capacity for increasing traffic in backhaul and enterprise applications with a capacity matrix of 21 Gb/s

Features:

Alcatel-Lucent 1646 SM

• 2U chassis
• 21 Gb/s high-order matrix and 5G low-order matrix
• One main board; six option slots
• Integrated Ethernet features: L2 switch and quality of service (QoS)
• Eco-sustainable design: 60 W minimum, 120 W typical
• Two main boards; 1+1 protection and redundant power supply
• Network interfaces: 2 x STM-1/-4/-16
• Customer interfaces: 252 x E1, 18 x E3, 12 x STM-1/-4, 48 x Fast Ethernet (FE) and 6 x Gigabit Ethernet (GE)

Alcatel-Lucent 1646 SMC

• 1U chassis
• 21 Gb/s high-order matrix and 5G low-order matrix
• One main board; two option slots
• Integrated Ethernet features: L2 switch and QoS
• Eco-sustainable design: fanless; 20 W minimum, 40 W typical
• Network interfaces: 2 x STM-1/-4/-16
• Customer interfaces: 105 x E1, 6 x E3, 4 x STM-1/-4, 24 x FE and 2 x GE