PATH Network Flashcards
SONET Cabinets:
Typical Field Layout
- 15454
- 15327
- Netbotz
- Fiber Optic Patch Panel
- Power Supply
- 2924 (Removed)
DWDM Topology:
DWDM A-Core PTCC
Loop 1 (5 Remote Sites) PTCC, Backus, WTC, EXCH, Grove
Loop 2 (11 Remote Sites) JSQ, NWPT, Hob, Cais 1, Mort, Chrst, 9th, 14th, 23rd, 33rd, 19th, Wash, PTCC
Loop 3 (6 Remote Sites) JSQ, NWK, Harr, Sub 14, Sub 8, Sub 7, Sub 6
*2nd Chassis for Loop 2 another cabinet.
DWDM CARDS:
- Common Control Card
- Optical - SMR40
- Client Cards
- Blank
- Filter
Common Control Card:
2 TNC/1 LCD
- Used for provisioning, maintenance, diagnostics.
- Always 2 cards (FOR REDUNDANCY) and 1 LCD PER CHASSIS.
- Stores node config on each card and LCD (3 places).
OPTICAL
( SMR40) ROADM
- 40 Channel single module ROADM (Reconcigurable, Optical, Add, Drop Multiplexer) with integrated optical pre-amp.
- Fiber connections to adjacent nodes
- Always 2 per chassis for eastbound and westbound Fiber.
CLIENT CARDS:
Any rate and 10x10 muxponders
• For 10Mbps and 10Gbps Ethernet service.
BLANK CARDS:
Prevents Dust
Must be used at all times.
FILTER:
440
- 4 Channels in the field.
* 40 Channels in the core.
DWDM - TNC CARD
OAMP
- Timing, Communication and Control Card
- Redundant Processing Card•
- Management of MSTP Shelf
- CTC Access
- Node Database Config
- Software
- OAMP• (Operation, Administration, Maintenence and Provisioning of node.
- Multi-Shelf Communication
ANYRATE MUXPONDER CARD:
4 x 2.5 Gbps
- Transport 4 OC-48/STM16 payloads over one OC-192/STM64 100-GHz spaced wavelength.
- At PATH we mux 4 (1 Gbps) client signals onto 2 (2.5 Gbps) wavelengths that drop into PTCC/HOBAN Network cores.o
10x10 CARD:
Cisco 10 Port, 10 Gbps line Card
10 Enhanced small form factor pluggable (SFP+)
• One 100Gbps Channel Express (CxP) port
DWDM - ONS 15216 MD-40 Filter (odd/even)
- 40 Channel multiplexer/demultiplexer
- Even/Odd channel option
- Combine/Separate odd-even wavelengths
👍🏽 DWDM - Remote Site Filter:
4 chann. fixed wavelength filter
- 4 Channel Fixed wavelength Filter.
- 2 of each Filter in the field
- 1 for Fiber to PATH PTCC
- 1 for Fiber to PATH HOBAN
PATH CORE NETWORK:
Infrastructure
- HOBAN (JSQ)
* PTCC (C-YARD)
LEGACY CORE TECHNOLOGY:
Old System
In process to be replaced
NEXUS CORE TECHNOLOGY
New System
In production, replacing LEGACY
✔️ PATH NETWORK PROVIDES:
(Critical Services)
S.S.F.
- Signal Code
- SCADA
- Fare Collection
Connects to PA Network - PAWNET
Remote access and support for venders (Bus. Partners)
Complex mix of Remote Sites, up technologies, Transport technologies, Redundancy schemes.
PATH NETWORK COMPRISED OF:
- 22 Remote Sites (Pass/Substations)
- 2 Core Data Centers (PTCC/HOBAN)
- PATH Facilities (Waldo Coin Room, McMillian)
PATH NETWORK “2 MAIN FUNCTIONS”:
- Critical Infrastructure for (Signal Code, SCADA, Fair Collections, LENEL)
- BackHauls (Non-Path Services) to our Core Data Centers.. Data handed to other network such as PAWNET.
PATH NETWORK LAYERS:
A.T.C.
- Access Layers - Switches connected to end devices.
- Transport Layers - SONET, DWDM Backhaul service from field to core Sites (PTCC to HOBAN).
- Core Layers - Head End switches at PTCC / HOBAN (CISCO NEXUS 9504, 9372) A-B Sides redundant.