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(iii)photo detectors
(iv)optical amplifiers
First Generation
• First generation links operated around 850 nm
• 45 – 140 Mbps 10 Km
• Bit rates: 155 & 622 Mbps (in some cases 2.5 Gbps)
• Repeaterless distance:
24000Km -35000Km
• Immunity to EMI
• Enhanced safety
• Thus OC-N signal will have a line rate exactly N times that of
OC-1
Common SDH and SONET line rates and
their popular numerical name
SONET Electrical SDH level Line rate Popular rate
level level (Mbps) name