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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Installation and Operations Guide, R6.0
December 2006
Appendix B      Hardware Specifications
B.5.4 MXP_MR_2.5G and MXPP_MR_2.5G Card Specifications
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Bit rate: 2.488 Gbps for OC-48/STM-16
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Code: Scrambled NRZ 
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Fiber: 1550-nm single-mode 
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Maximum chromatic dispersion allowance: 6000 ps/nm 
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Loopback modes: Terminal and facility
Caution You must use a 20-dB fiber attenuator (15 to 25 dB) when working with the MXP_MR_2.5G 
and MXPP_MR_2.5G cards in a loopback on the trunk port. Do not use direct fiber loopbacks 
with the MXP_MR_2.5G and MXPP_MR_2.5G cards. Using direct fiber loopbacks causes 
irreparable damage to the MXP_MR_2.5G and MXPP_MR_2.5G cards.
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Connectors: LC 
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Compliance: Telcordia GR-253-CORE, Telcordia GR-2918-CORE, Issue 2, ITU-T G.957, and 
ITU-T 100-GHz grid standard G.692
• Transmitter (trunk side) 
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Transmit power: +3 +/– 1 dBm with MXP_MR_2.5G card, and +/– 1 dBm with 
MXPP_MR_2.5G card
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50-GHz DWDM migration ready (the wavelength deviation is less than +/– 0.040 nm through 
wavelocker deployment)
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Four-channel wavelength tunability at 100-GHz spacing
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Transmitter maximum return reflectance: –27 dB
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Chromatic dispersion allowance: 5400 ps/nm, giving an optical power penalty < 2.0 dB
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Minimum side mode suppression ratio: 30 dB
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Transmitter is a direct modulated laser
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Wavelength stability (drift): +/– 25 picometers (pm)
Note An optical device on the card keeps the laser wavelength locked as closely as possible to the ITU 
nominal value. The allowed drift is +/– 25 pm.
• Currently available wavelengths of the TXP_MR_2.5G and TXPP_MR_2.5G cards (eight card 
versions): 
ITU grid blue band: 1530.334 to 1544.526 nm (four card versions, four wavelengths each)
ITU grid red band: 1546.119 to 1560.606 nm (four card versions, four wavelengths each)
• Receiver (trunk side) 
Table B-20 MXP_MR_2.5G/MXPP_MR_2.5G Receiver Trunk Side Specifications
OSNR
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FEC Type Pre-FEC BER Post-FEC BER
Input Power 
Sensitivity
Chromatic Dispersion 
Tolerance
17 dB N/A <10 exp – 12 N/A –  9 to –  23 dBm — 
17 dB N/A <10 exp – 12 N/A –  9 to –  22 dBm +/– 1800 ps/nm
17 dB N/A <10 exp – 12 N/A –  9 to –  21 dBm +/– 5400 ps/nm
18 dB N/A <10 exp – 12 N/A –  9 to –  23 dBm +/– 1800 ps/nm