Optical Transport Network
OTN Layers Optical Channel (OCh)/Optical Transmission Unit (OTU)
OSMC
Optical Transport Module (OTM) OTN Maintenance – Overhead Bytes
OSMC
EXP EXP
Note: G.709.2 will introduce OTU4-LR standardized enhanced FEC.
Optical Channel (OCh)/Optical Transmission Unit (OTU)
OTU Bit Rate Capacity
ITU-T OTN Hierarchy
OTN Benefit: maximize the efficiency of your network
Optimal network utilization with right-sizing of the New enhanced SLAs with sub-rated Ethernet
bandwidthfor all services carried over the network
16GFC, 32GFC,
ODUflex containers can transport PLUS: Ethernet transport over any
25GbE, 50GbE a wide variety of multi-rate clients distance from metro to LH
Fiber Channel, OTN Switched 10GE, OTN Switched
ODUflex ODUflex
SDI Video, Transport Network 40GE,100GE Transport Network
ODUflex OTU4 ODUflex OTU4
CPRI, Ethernet
6500
ODUflex ODUflex
6500 6500
InfiniBand sub-rating
6500
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• ODUflex containers map services, in 1.25G increments (such as Flexibility to limit BW of each client to desired amount
6500 6500
5430
5430
6500
FC400) more efficiently into OTN rather than dedicating a full with 1.25G/5G granularity
6500
6500
6500
5430 6500
5430
2.5G (ODU1) or 10G (ODU2) per service.
5430
5430
6500
6500 6500 6500
6500
• Subscriber purchases only the amount of BW needed
5430
• Asynchronous Mapping Procedure (AMP)
5430
5430
• Providers can limit the BW entering their network per the SLA
• Bit-synchronous Mapping Procedure (BMP)
5430
• Generic Framing Procedure (GFP)
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6500
6500
• Generic Mapping Procedure (GMP)
6500
• Idle Mapping Procedure (IMP)
5430
Further increase network bandwidth efficiencies with a right-sized ODUflex container
6500 6500
Acronym guide
Ciena’s OTN Products
5400 Family 6500 Family
6500-D2
6500-D7
OSMC OTN Synchronization Message Channel
5410 5430 6500-S8 6500-D14/S14 6500-S32 6500-T12 6500-T24
