Cisco 15454-OSC-CSM

15454-OSC-CSM CISCO COMBINER & SEPARATOR W/OSC MODULE

Optical Service Channel Card, Intergrated Combiner/Separator, 1510nm, LC Connectors

HECI: WMOMA22BAA

An optical service channel (OSC) is a bidirectional channel connecting two adjacent nodes in a DWDM ring. For every DWDM node (except terminal nodes), two different OSC terminations are present, one for the west side and another for the east side. The channel transports OSC overhead that is used to manage ONS 15454 DWDM networks. An OSC signal uses the 1510-nm wavelength and does not affect client traffic. The primary purpose of this channel is to carry clock synchronization and orderwire channel communications for the DWDM network. It also provides transparent links between each node in the network. The OSC is an OC-3/STM-1 formatted signal.