LightSpeed1000™ - OC-3 / STM-1 and OC-12 / STM-4 Analysis and Emulation Card (w/ GigE and USB 2.0)

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LightSpeed1000™
OC-3/STM-1 and OC-12/STM-4 Analysis and Emulation Card
(w/ GigE and USB 2.0)


(PCI Version)

(Portable USB Version)

Overview | Supported Protocol Standards | Main Features
POS Mode - Packet over SONET / SDH | ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode
RAW or Transparent Mode | Specifications | API Development Toolkit | Buyer's Guide

LightSpeed1000™ - OC-3 / STM-1 and OC-12 / STM-4 Analysis Software Ver 1.7.28.0 is Now Available! Download it here

Overview

The LightSpeed1000™ is GL’s high performance software selectable Dual OC-3 / STM-1 and OC-12 / STM-4 PCI-Express card for wire-speed processing, recording, playing back of ATM, PoS, RAW, and Ethernet traffic.

The card’s multiple connectivity using PCIe, Gigabit Ethernet (GigE), USB 2.0 and onboard DDR2 memory makes it suitable for various applications. The LightSpeed1000™ comes with software for overall monitoring, BERT, emulation, and protocol analysis with a price tag that compares very favorably with similar test instruments at three times the price.

  
 
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Multiple cards are possible in a PC for analysis of four or more directions simultaneously. LightSpeed1000™’s various interfaces like PCI-Express, USB 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet opens many possibilities like enclosed (as shown above), USB 2.0 interface used to connect with a Notebook PC, Ethernet testing for BERT / RFC2544, SONET and Ethernet bridge, and so on. The analyzer card is built upon FPGA technology to upgrade it in the field.

A unique feature of the card is the capability to capture, transmit and process at wirespeed to/from applications and hard disk on all interfaces. API Toolkit allows user to develop specialized applications.

Screen Shot of ATM Analyzer Main Screen with Alarms and Error Monitor Display

Screen Shot of POS Analyzer Main Screen with Alarms and Error Monitor Display

Supported Protocol Standards

ATM

Implements the ATM Forum User Network Interface Specification and the ATM physical layer for Broadband ISDN according to CCITT Recommendation I.432

PPP over SONET (PoS)

Implements the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) over SONET/SDH specification according to RFC 2615(1619)/1662 of the PPP Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

OC-3/OC-12/STM-1/STM-4 Transparent Payload

Analyzer processes SONET/SDH payload in transparent (RAW) mode without any transport protocols.

Main Features

  • Wire-speed processing of ATM, PoS or RAW data for Tx and Rx for both ports

  • Software selectable OC-3(STM-1) or OC-12(STM-4) for ATM, PoS or Transparent Traffic

  • Ability to capture/playback to/from disk at full rate in both directions for both ports. This permits detailed offline analysis that is not possible otherwise. Simultaneous synchronous capture is possible on both optical ports. The captured file can be played back to reproduce the traffic.

  • Simultaneous synchronous capture or transmit is possible on both optical ports

  • Comprehensive transmit/receive testing capabilities; transmitting and verifying data with incrementing sequence numbers with each packet/cell

  • Industry proven Protocol Analyzer for ATM (AAL2, AAL5), UMTS, and PPP ( IP and higher layer protocols)

  • Easy to use and flexible Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) application for ATM, POS, and RAW

  • Complex and flexible hardware based filtering options: sixteen 128 bit independently filters with bit masks, for both ports with AND/OR include/exclude conditions

  • Hardware based precise time stamping of cells / packets with 10 nsec resolution, 1 ppm accuracy

  • Single mode or multi mode SFP support

  • High performance x4 PCIe interface with optimized DMA to perform Rx and Tx packets to/from PC memory

  • Flexible DMA circular buffer architecture to read and write cells and packets at wire-speed

  • Multiple cards per system for super high capacity monitoring and test system

  • API Toolkit to develop user specific applications

  • Optional onboard SODIMM memory (DDR2) – up to 2 Giga bytes

  • Hardware independent of higher level protocol for easy adaptation of future protocols

  • Field upgradable firmware

  • Supports MS-Windows® and Linux operating systems

PoS - Packet over SONET / SDH

PoS, or Packet over SONET / SDH - OC-3/ STM-1 and OC-12 / STM-4 is supported at full rates over dual interfaces. Access, capture, analysis, and emulation of PPP and HDLC, all carrying IP traffic in real-time makes this card useful to many applications including Routing, Deep Packet Inspection, and other Internet traffic applications. Current PoS applications include:

  • PoS Protocol Analysis PPP Analyzer can be used to capture a host of PPP protocols exchanged between the two nodes over SONET/SDH link. User can obtain detailed analysis of higher later protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, FTP, POP3 etc) and can perform various statistics measurements. Integrated Packet Data Analysis feature in Real-time PPP Analyzer is an outstanding tool for live monitoring of VoIP traffic. It can segregate IP traffic into SIP / H323 / Megaco / MGCP calls and collects statistics, CDRs, detailed protocol traces, ladder diagrams, and a host of other useful information about VoIP calls. For more information, refer to Packet Data Analysis in MLPPP webpage for more details.

  • PoS Tx / Rx Test – This application is an emulation and test tool that transmits fixed, random, or variable lengths test packets and checks packets on receive.on receive

  • Wirespeed capture of PoS packets to hard disk on both ports simultaneously; with filtering and time stamping of packets. All packets are captured into GL’s file format for further processing. Offline utility can convert it into GL’s HDL file format or PCAP format. User can also develop application to process the captured file.

  • Multiple Versatile filters ( ex PPP, IP, UDP etc) can be applied to incoming traffic to allow only traffic of interest.

  • Transmit Packets from File – Allows to playback already captured data file to recreate traffic in controlled environment. Also user created traffic file can be played back to generate user traffic.

  • PoS BERT – supports the following PRBS Patterns: 29– 1, 211– 1, 215– 1, 220– 1, 223– 1, 229– 1, 231– 1, all one's, all zero's, alternate ones and zeros, user-defined pattern of lengths from 2 to 32 bits, invert and non-invert selections, single bit error insertion, error insert rate from 10-1 to 10-9, status for pattern sync, bit error counters, packet rate and packet gap configuration options, configurable header lengths and header information

  • Alarms and error (section, path, and line) monitoring and logging.

ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATM over SONT/SDH - OC-3/ STM-1 OC-12 / STM-4 is supported at full rates over dual interfaces. Access, capture, analysis, and emulation of ATM cells at wire-speed make this interface capability applicable for wide ranging next generation networks. Current ATM applications include

  • ATM Protocol Analysis ATM Analyzer is used to analyze and view ATM protocols across the U-plane for both NNI and UNI interface carrying AAL0, AAL2 and AAL5 traffic.

  • UMTS Protocol Analysis UMTS analyzer is capable of capturing, decoding and performing various test measurements across various interfaces i.e. Iub, Iur, IuCS and IuPS interfaces of the UMTS network. In addition, it supports ATM as the transport layer. It helps in fault diagnosis and troubleshooting UMTS network.

  • ATM Tx / Rx Test - an emulation and test capability that transmits ATM test cells and/or analyzes the received cells.

  • Wirespeed capture of ATM packets to hard disk on both ports simultaneously; With filtering and time stamping of packets. All packets are captured into GL’s file format for further processing. Offline utility can convert it into GL’s HDL file format or PCAP format. User can also develop application to process the captured file.

  • Multiple Versatile filters (VPI, VCI, User Data etc) can be applied to incoming traffic to allow only traffic of interest.

  • Transmit Packets from File – to playback already captured data file to recreate traffic in controlled environment. Also user created traffic file can be played back to generate user traffic.

  • ATM BERT - support for industry standard PRBS Patterns: 29– 1, 211– 1, 215– 1, 220– 1, 223– 1, 229– 1,
    231– 1, all one's, all zero's, alternate ones and zeros, user-defined pattern of lengths from 2 to 32 bits, invert and non-invert selections, single bit error insertion, error insert rate from 10-1 to 10-9. HEC error insertion, on receive filtering is provided for idle cells, GFC, VPI, VCI, CL, and PT cells, statistical details for total cells, valid cells, idle cells, filtered cells, and filtered out cells

  • Alarms and error (section, path, and line) monitoring and logging

SONET/SDH RAW (or Transparent) Payload

Raw or transparent mode allows direct access to the SONET / SDH payload for BERT, data transmit and receive applications. Current applications include:

  • RAW BERT - support for the following PRBS Patterns: 29– 1, 211– 1, 215– 1, 220– 1, 223– 1, 229– 1, 231– 1, all one's, all zero's, alternate ones and zeros, user-defined pattern of lengths from 2 to 32 bits, invert and non-invert selections, single bit error insertion, error insert rate from 10-1 to 10-9, status for pattern sync, and bit errors counters

  • Wirespeed capture of raw data to hard disk on both ports simultaneously. The data is recorded in 64 bytes block with appropriate header.

  • Playback of recorded data from file at wirespeed on one or both ports.

  • Alarms and Error monitoring and logging at SONET/SDH level.

Specifications

Interfaces:

  • 2 x OC-3 / STM-1 / OC-12 / STM-4
  • 1 x Gigabit Ethernet
  • Single Mode or Multi Mode Fiber SFP support with LC connector

Protocols:

  • RFC 2615 compliance
  • POS compliance specs needed

Tx Clock:

  • Internal or Recovered

Alarm LEDs:

  • LOS – LOS (Loss of Signal) is a physical layer error, which indicates loss in optical signal.
  • LOF - LOF (Loss of Frames) becomes active when receiving interface detects errors in the framing pattern for three milliseconds. This will be indicated using the frame alignment bytes A1 and A2. LOF is cleared when two consecutive valid A1/A2 framing patterns are received.
  • User – A user-defined LED can be configured by the user as per the requirements.

Bus Interface:

  • PCIe Specification 1.2 Compliant
  • USB 2.0

Power and Dimensions:

  • +12 volts, 3.5 Amps
  • 4.2” x 9.2”

Buyer's Guide

Item No.   Item Description  
LTS100 Dual OC-3/ STM-1 OC-12 / STM-4 PCI Express Card
LTS105 Portable Dual OC-3/ STM-1 OC-12 / STM-4
  OC-3 / STM-1 Related Software
LTS200 OC-3 / STM-1 ATM Monitor, BERT, Tx/Rx Test, RAW
LTS201 OC-3 / STM-1 PoS Monitor, BERT, Tx/Rx Test, RAW
LTS202 OC-3 / STM-1 ATM and RAW Record / Playback
LTS203 OC-3 / STM-1 PoS and RAW Record / Playback
LTS204 OC-3 / STM-1 ATM Protocol Analysis
LTS205 OC-3 / STM-1 PoS Protocol Analysis
LTS206 OC-3 / STM-1 UMTS Protocol Analysis
  OC-12 / STM-4 Related Software
LTS300 OC-12 / STM-4 ATM Monitor, BERT, Tx/Rx Test, RAW
LTS301 OC-12 / STM-4 PoS Monitor, BERT, Tx/Rx Test, RAW
LTS302 OC-12 / STM-4 ATM and RAW Record / Playback
LTS303 OC-12 / STM-4 PoS and RAW Record / Playback
LTS304 OC-12 / STM-4 ATM Protocol Analysis
LTS305 OC-12 / STM-4 PoS Protocol Analysis
LTS306 OC-12 / STM-4 UMTS Protocol Analysis
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  SFP Options -
  Fiber cables
  Fiber connector
  OC-3/ STM-1 OC-12 / STM-4 Monitor Parts
 
 
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