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Recent innovations to photonic systems design necessitate a break from overly conservative design rules. Operators continue to apply new technologies and methodologies to extract the maximum capacity from their networks for the minimum possible cost. However, the engineering cost of transferring these innovations from experiments in the laboratory to thousands of real communications links, each of them different and most using installed fiber, is beyond the usual Excel spreadsheet approach and should be managed to ensure that the associated cost benefits are not lost. VPIlinkConfigurator captures innovations as link design rules and equipment libraries, and helps network engineers respond more quickly and easily to optical network design tasks, product application requests and RFQs.

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use VPIlinkConfigurator to support technical sales activities. Respond to RFQs with best product offering (latest technology, lowest cost, easiest to upgrade, readily available, etc) Standardize response to customers, gather statistical information on sales profiles Plan product lines by comparing the fit of equipment to existing network infrastructure Flexible licensing allows vendors to supply VPIlinkConfigurator with product libraries so customers can match equipment to existing OSP, pre-test reconfiguration strategies and plan upgrade strategies

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use VPIlinkConfigurator for performance analysis and to define roadmaps for equipment layout. Select component and systems vendors Devise long-term plans and network growth scenarios Select which fiber type to install Assess whether dark fiber can be utilized Predict potential problems with mixed and higher data-rate systems Compare costs of high and low bits/channel WDM systems

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Optical link engineering including automatic equipment placement and configuration Thorough, system-wide performance analysis including fiber impairments and equipment limitations Uniform results across an organization, through the use of controlled equipment libraries and link design methodologies A future-proof platform utilizing a fully expandable technology-agnostic approach Built-in reporting tools and a powerful interfaces to almost any third-party software including common office applications

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VPIlinkConfigurator has two modes of operation. The fully featured customization mode allows for all levels of editing and control while the application mode is used to address specific designs using established libraries and rule sets.

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Experts use the customization mode to test design strategies and define equipment characteristics to build libraries and engineering rules to be distributed to the technical sales force. Formulate and test design strategies to account for component interworking restrictions, proprietary design techniques and configuration rules Define libraries representing characteristics of equipment families based on generic templates for all common component types

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Typically many more engineers use the application mode than the customization mode, thus scaling the productivity of the experts and ensuring design consistency. Configure systems by optimizing node and hut locations, fiber types, photonic and nonphotonic equipment Design green/brown fields for branched networks, linear-ADM/OADM, hub-rings and true ring topologies including ROADM and WSS components Generate and compare alternative solutions Predict limitations on systems performance including optical amplifier characteristics, dispersion, crosstalk, PMD, nonlinearities and interchannel power transfer Chart signal power, noise and degradations at any point along the link including uncertainty and max/min limits Reconfigure designs and adjust parameters manually, investigate automatically updated charts Generate Bills of Materials and performance reports in customizable formats

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Intuitive interface provides process flow, facilities and equipment view Built-in or user created macros eliminate repetitive or complex tasks Equipment is shown inside its facility Display detailed component connections including parallel structures (banded etc.) inside facilities

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Create linear, branched, hub- and true ring topologies using built-in options, and more complex topologies through simple scripting Model what-if and growth scenarios Utilize any number of equipment libraries and compare results Support for cascadable OADMs, banded designs and port-based transponders Support and automated placement and configuration of passive and active components including OADMs, ROADMs and transceivers Allow for the introduction of new technologies using extendable equipment types Consider composite elements such as twostage amplifiers with mid-stage DCF Include non-photonic equipment such as racks and power supplies that must be accounted for in the final BOM Run performance analysis including equipment limitations and fiber impairments due to linear and nonlinear effects as well as PMD

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Synthesized designs can be modified manually Components can be placed and configured manually Graphs will update instantaneously

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Configuration is based on expert rules Several solutions can be generated at once Solutions can be sorted and compared Automated amplifier and DCM placement can be accomplished in linear, branched, hubbed-ring and true ring topologies including N-degree ROADM and WSS configurations Support for Visual Basic and Python scripting

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Metrics are plotted as longitudinal variations along the route or as spectra at each location Metrics are updated instantly to reflect any change in the design Limits and uncertainties are plotted, for example the receiver sensitivity and overload

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Powerful API allows for full control of the application by third party applications Build and import topologies, channel plans, equipment characteristics from graphics, spreadsheet or database applications Export and process BOMs, performance reports and equipment configuration reports in another, preferred application Topologies Channel Plans Link Design BOM Performance Configuration

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1. Establish topology and facility placement 2. Select the equipment libraries to be used 3. Assess network performance and rank solutions by cost or other metrics 4. Automatically generate performance reports, Bills of Materials, etc

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VPIphotonics provides training courses, customization and programming services. Training courses are conducted on site, or at VPIphotonics locations in USA and Germany. A training manual and certificate of completion is awarded to all successful participants. Courses can be tailored to meet individual demands: Application Mode Basic (1 day) Customization Mode Basic (1 day) Customization Mode Expert (3 days) VPIphotonics offers also customization and programming services to help integrate VPIlinkConfigurator into a companys engineering and sales process. Among others, services include the implementation of Custom equipment libraries Macros for the placement of passive equipment including custom control interface and rule sets Synthesis algorithms for link loss and dispersion compensation adhering to custom design rules BOM and performance reports according to company standards

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Email Web sales@VPIphotonics.com www.VPIphotonics.com

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VPIphotonics, Inc. 4 Evergreen Circle Norwood, MA 02062 USA

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VPIphotonics GmbH Carnotstr. 6 10587 Berlin Germany

Phone +49 30 398 058 0 Fax +49 30 398 058 58

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VPIphotonics is a company of the SaM Solutions group. VPIphotonics reserves the right to change and update product specifications at any time. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Protected by U.S. Patents 7451069, 7233962 & 6771873. Document Part Number: LC0-DS01-09 13059

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