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Important Notice

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This document is delivered subject to the following conditions and restrictions:
This document contains proprietary and confidential information belonging to Broadlight Inc.
Such information is supplied solely for the purpose of assisting explicitly and properly

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authorized users of the BL3458 PONJACKET.
No part of its contents may be used for any other purpose, disclosed to any person or firm or
reproduced by any means, electronic or mechanical, without the express prior written

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permission of Broadlight Inc.
The text and graphics are for the purpose of illustration and reference only. The specifications
on which they are based are subject to change without notice.
Broadlight disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, or arising by operation of law,

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with respect to its products, including but not limited to any implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or any standard compliance. The entire
responsibility to verify that Broadlight’s products are standard compliant or fit for a

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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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Copyright © 2009 Broadlight Inc. All rights reserved.

Company and brand products, and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
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their respective holders.

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BroadLight, Inc.
2901 Tasman Drive
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Santa-Clara, CA 95054
Tel: +1-408-982-4210
Fax: +1-408-982-4220
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Table of Contents

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1 OVERVIEW............................................................................................... 4

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2 ALARMS HANDLING ........................................................................... 5

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2.1 ITEMS DETECTED AT OLT ........................................ 5

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3 PERFORMANCE MONITORING.................................................... 10

3.1 ITEMS DETECTED AT OLT....................................... 10

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1 Overview

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This application note details the alarms that are handled by the
BL3458 Quad GPON OLT device with PONJacket software. The
application note gives methods to simulate the alarms.

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The alarms detailed within are defined in the GPON G.984.3
(3/2008 and amendment-1) standard. This document is a subset

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of the PONJacket R2.0 Functional Description.

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2 Alarms Handling

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2.1 Items Detected at OLT

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The table below shows the alarms detected by the OLT.

Table 1: OLT Detected Alarms

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Type Description

Detection Actions Cancellation Simulation

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conditions conditions
LOSi Loss of No valid optical signal If the OLT supports When the OLT Disconnect the fiber

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signal for from ONU when it was POPUP it sends receives a valid cable from ONU.
ONUi expected during 4 the POPUP optical signal from LOSi requires that
consecutive non- message 3 times. If ONUi there is no energy
contiguous allocations POPUP is not detected on the link.
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to that ONU supported the OLT
sends deactivate
ONU-ID message
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3 times.
Generate
Loss_of_phy_layer
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_I notification.

LOS Loss of The OLT did not When the OLT Disconnect the fiber
Signal receive any expected receives at least cable from the OLT
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transmissions in the one upstream

upstream (complete transmission.
PON failure) for
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4 consecutive frames.

LOFi Loss of When n (default 4) Send When frame Disconnect the fiber
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Frame of consecutive invalid Deactivate_ONU- delineation for cable from the ONU.
ONUi delimiters from ONUi ID messages 3 ONUi is achieved
are received times. in the Operation
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Generate state.
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Type Description

Detection Actions Cancellation Simulation

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DOWi Drift of An ONU transmission is Send modified EqD When the OLT Change the
Window of received at an to the ONUi receives the ONUi temperature delta of
ONUi unexpected place Transmission in the fiber cable

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within the US virtual the correct OR call the
frame. DOWi means position Send_Vendor_Specifi
the phase has shifted c_Message API in
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order to send the
modified EqD ONU message with
an incorrect ranging
time, which is 3-6 bits

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smaller than the
correct ranging time
of this ONU. The

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correct EqD is
specified in the
Ranging_Complete
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SFi Signal Fail When the upstream Send 3 times When the Use Wave Splitter
of ONUi BER of ONUi becomes Deactivate_ONU- upstream BER of and an attenuator to
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≥ 10−y, this state is ID messages. ONUi becomes defect the upstream.

entered. Y is Generate < 10−(y+1), this (*) The alarm SDi
configurable in the Loss_of_phy_layer state is cleared. appears before SFi.
range of 3 to 8
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_I notification.

SDi Signal When the upstream – When the Use Wave Splitter
Degraded of BER of ONUi becomes upstream BER of and an attenuator (*)
≥ 10−x, this state is
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ONUi ONUi becomes to defect the

entered. X is < 10−(x+1), this upstream.
configurable in the state is cleared.
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range of 4 to 9, but
must be higher than Y
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LCDGi Loss of When GEM fragment Generate When GEM Use Wave Splitter
GEM delineation of ONUi is Loss_of_phy_layer channel and an attenuator (*)
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channel lost according the _I notification delineation for to defect the

delineation section 8.3.2 state ONUi is achieved upstream. Use a very
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defect the upstream.

RDIi Remote When the RDI field of – When the RDI Use Wave Splitter
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Defect ONUi is asserted. The field of ONUi is and an attenuator (*)

Indication of OLT transmission is de-asserted to defect the
ONUi received with defects at downstream.
the ONUi Alternatively change
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the RDI configuration

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Type Description

Detection Actions Cancellation Simulation

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TF Transmitter The OLT transmitter is – – N/A
Failure declared in failure when
there is no nominal

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backfacet photocurrent
or when the drive
currents go beyond the
maximum specification.

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SUFi Start-up The ranging of ONUi Send 3 times The ONU is Attenuate the
Failure of has failed n times Deactivate_ONU- ranged upstream, until the
ONUi (n = 2) ID messages. successfully. ONU fails on

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activation.

DFi Deactivate The ONU does not – Cancelled by the Cause the ONU to

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Failure of react correctly after operator. ignore the Disable or
ONUi three Deactivate_ONU- Deactivate PLOAMs
ID or three 2/2 in the ONU
Disable_Serial application.
_Number messages.
Note that the OLT can
detect this condition
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only if it continues to
provide upstream
bandwidth allocations
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to the ONU.

LOAi Loss of The OLT does not Send 3 times When the OLT Cause the ONU to
Acknowledg receive an Deactivate_ONU- receives an ignore OLT APIs of
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e with ONUi acknowledgement from ID messages. acknowledgement the downstream

ONUi after a set of Generate from the ONU. PLOAM.
downstream messages Loss_of_phy_layer
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that imply an upstream _I notification.

acknowledge.
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DGi Receive When the OLT receives Ignore received When the OLT Call
Dying-Gasp DG message from alarms from this receives a Send_Dying_Gasp
of ONUi ONUi, DGi is asserted. ONU. PLOAM message API from the ONU.
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Generate during ranging

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_I notification.

LOAMi Loss of When 3 consecutive Send 3 times When the OLT Disconnect the fiber
PLOAM for PLOAM messages of Deactivate_ONU- receives a cable from ONU.
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ONUi ONUi are missing after ID messages. PLOAM message

the OLT issues Send Generate corresponding to
PLOAMu request for Loss_of_phy_layer its PLOAM flag in
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Type Description

Detection Actions Cancellation Simulation

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MEMi Message_ When the OLT receives – When the Call the
Error an unknown message operator is Send_Vendor_Specifi
Message from ONUi informed. c_Message API with

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from ONUi an unknown PLOAM
ID.

MISi Link The OLT detects that – The OLT detects N/A

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Mismatch of the received PSTi and that received PSTi
ONUi the transmitted PST are and the
different. transmitted PST
are the same.

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PEEi Physical When the OLT receives Generate When the OLT Use Send_PEE API
Equipment a PEE Message from Loss_of_phy_layer does not receive a from ONU.

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Error of the ONU _I notification PEE message
ONUi from the ONUi in
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TIWi Transmissio In any sequential N Generate In any sequential Change the

n frames, the drift of the Loss_of_phy_layer N frames, an temperature delta of
Interference ONU transmission _I notification ONU transmission the fiber cable. DOWi
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exceeds the specified is received within appears before TIWi,

Warning
threshold the specified therefore it is
threshold necessary to cause
the ONU to ignore the
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Ranging Time
messages sent from
the OLT.
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OR call the
Send_Vendor_Specifi
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order to send the

ONU message with
an incorrect ranging
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time, which is 7-14

bits smaller than the
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right ranging time of

this ONU. The correct
EqD is specified in
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the
Ranging_Complete
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TIA Transmissio An ONU turns on its Generate The faulty ONU is N/A
n laser at a time assigned Loss_of_phy_layer corrected or
Interference to another ONU _I notification for eliminated
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Type Description

Detection Actions Cancellation Simulation

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LOKi Loss of Key Key transmission from Send 3 times When the OLT Cause the ONU to
Synch with the ONU in response to Deactivate_ONU- receives a key ignore the Request
ONUi Request_Key message ID messages. from the ONU in Key message from

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fails three times. Generate the Operation OLT in the ONU
Loss_of_phy_layer state application.
_I notification.

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(*) The Wave Splitter and Attenuator can be simulated with the Change_Power_Level API, which
forces a power level reduction of -3dB of the ONU transmition.

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3 Performance Monitoring

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The table below shows the performance monitoring indications
that are detected at the OLT.

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Table 2: Performance Monitoring Indications

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Detection Actions Simulation

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ERRi BIP Error of The received BIP-8 is The number of Use Wave Splitter and an
ONUi compared with the differing bits is attenuator(*) to defect upstream,
calculated BIP-8 on accumulated in ERR. until BIP-8 errors occur.
the received stream. SDi and SFi are
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In case of a declared upon BER
difference, ERRi crossing a defined
counter is threshold
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incremented

REIi Remote Error Once the ONU detects REIi counter is Use Wave Splitter and an
Indication of BIP errors, it sends incremented attenuator(*) to defect downstream,
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ONUi upstream the number accordingly until BIP-8 errors occur.

of errors inside the
REI PLOAM message.
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REIi message is
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REIi counter is
incremented

(*) The Wave Splitter and Attenuator can be simulated with the Change_Power_Level API, which
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