Chapter 3. 9500 MXC Nodes
Vol. II-3-30 Alcatel-Lucent
RACs and ODUs on the horizontal and vertical polarizations. Equal-loss
couplers must be used with the protected ODUs.
For information on RAC 40 operation and applications refer to Co-channel
Operation on page 3-102
RAC 40 FEC incorporates Reed-Solomon encoding with interleaving, plus
Viterbi encoding.
Figure 3-15. RAC 40 Plug-in
Figure 3-16 shows the front panel layout. Table 3-15 describes the interfaces.
Figure 3-16. RAC 40 Front Panel Layout
Table 3-15. RAC 40 Front Panel
1
2
33 4
No Item/Label Description
1 Plug-in fastener Finger-grip screw-type fastener and card pull (2)
2 On-Line LED On-Line LED provides indications of: