Introduction
Acterna ANT-5 Page 13
1. Introduction
1.1 Intended use
The Acterna ANT-5 SDH Access Tester is designed to provide all the test functions
required by engineers installing and maintaining SDH systems in the Access Network.
It can be fitted with the optical and electrical interfaces listed below.
It has independent transmitters & receivers for connection to the following interfaces:
SDH STM-1 electrical line interface
Optional STM-1 optical interfaces, 1310nm and/or 1550nm wavelengths
Optional STM-4 optical interfaces, 1310nm and 1550nm wavelengths
Optional STM-16 optical interfaces, 1310nm and 1550nm wavelengths
PDH E4 electrical line interface, 140 Mbit/s
DS3 electrical line interface, 45 Mbit/s
E3 electrical line interface, 34 Mbit/s
E1 electrical line interface, 2048 kbit/s (balanced and unbalanced)
Optional T1 electrical line interface, 1544 kbit/s & ECL interface