Company

Aries

Nortel

Lucent

Siemens

Marconi

Tellabs/Fibcom

Ericsson

SAGEM

Alcatel

Fujitsu

ProductName

VCL100LT
upto 28 E1

TN-1C

WaveStar AM1

TransExpress SMA1K-CP

SMA1CP

Focus AC1

STM-1 Shelf

FOT 155c

No Equivalent Box

No Equivalent Box

Optical Interfaces

1310nm and 1550nm operation

S1.1, L1.1, L1.2

S1.1

L1.1, L1.2

L1.1, L1.2

S1.1, L1.1, L1.2

S1.1, L1.1

1310nm and 1550nm operation

Tributary Interfaces

E1 ports

8,16,21

8,16

16, 32

12

4,8,16

21

32 DS1/E1

8,16

E3/DS3 ports

1

2,2

2, 2

1

1,1

0

0

10Base-T ports

1

1

2

-

Ethernet

0

0

ATM

ATM

Space Requirements

H X D X W (Compactness)

89, 290, 444mm (Compact)

430,155,280mm (Not very compact)

300, 240, 50mm (Compact)

Compact

438, 72, 220 mm Base Module (Compact)

1U high 19" wide (Compact)

2HU (89mm) in a 19 inch equipment, 89mm (H) x 482mm (W) x 240+40 (connectors) mm (D) ITU-T

Wall Rack: 320 X 56 X 371 Subrack 19" 2U X 450mm (Compact)

Crossconnect Level

4 STM-1s :non-blocking at VC-12 level

Nonblocking VC-12

-

Nonblocking VC-12

Nonblocking VC-12

Nonblocking VC-12

VC-12 level

Applications

ADM,TM

TM,ADM,ADM loop feeder

ADM, Protected TM

Terimnal /Add-drop

ADM, Protected TM

TM, ADM

TM, ADM

TM

Power Feed

-48V (-18V to -72V)

-20V to -70V"

-48 / 60V

-48V

-36 to 72 V DC

-48 to -60V

-48V (-18V to -72V)

Protection Features

1+1MSP, SNCP

Path Protected Ring, 1+1 Protection

1+1 MSP, VC-12,VC-3 SNC

MSP, SNC

Protected Ring and Terminal

1+1 MSP, SNCP

1+1MSP

Power Consumption

~30W

<25W , 50W with add-on

-

-

21W

-

15W

Weight

7.5Kg with Battery

~2.5Kg , 5Kg with add-on

-

-

-

Wall Cabinet 2Kg

2.5Kg w/o Battery

-

Subrack 6 Kg