Passive 16 Channel DWDM Multiplexer

Passive DWDM Multiplexer

• Optical multiplexing of up to 16 separate DWDM applications
• 1550nm CWDM compatible uplink
• Voice, data, telemetry and CCTV can all be supported
• Any port can operate at any speed up to 10G
• Simple fibre 'plug & play' connectivity to converge complex applications
• Wide range of DWDM Transceivers available
• Unpowered passive devices for highest possible reliability

The MetroWAVE product range performs these CWDM and DWDM multiplexing and demultiplexing functions passively, i.e. directly optically without using any optical-electrical-optical conversions or repeater functions. This is now the most economic approach to CWDM and DWDM multiplexing due to the widespread availability of cost effective long range vendor compatible CWDM and DWDM pluggable transceivers. The unpowered, fixed mechanical nature of these MetroWAVE products offers greater robustness and higher levels of reliability than active devices offering similar functionality.

The MetroWAVE-D16 operates in the 100GHz DWDM C-band (ch25-ch40). The combined uplink is a 1550nm CWDM compatible optical signal allowing cascading from a MetroWAVE-9S CWDM mux/demux platform, thereby providing an excellent optional 'expansion' path for that product.

Whilst the MetroWAVE product range is compatible with user exchangeable SFP, SFP+ and XFP devices (along with most other industry standard fibre transceivers), it is recommended that these are purchased from Metrodata to guarantee their specification and compatibility with each other.

Metrodata can also supply a wide range of vendor compatible fibre transceivers for use in your routing, switching or SAN infrastructure including SFP, SFP+, XFP, X2 and XENPAK including long distance, CWDM and DWDM variants, plus also 40G QSFP+ transceivers.