Typical fiber connectivity requires dual strand fiber for two endpoints of the optical full-duplex network; first used for transmission and second for reception. However, this can be optimized by using single strand fiber optical transceivers that enables Bi-directional full-duplex operation of transmit and receive signals over single strand fiber, by using separate wavelengths – e.g. 1310nm/1490nm or 1310/1550nm. While BiDi transmission system saves fibers it makes monitoring of the data traffic more difficult. How to distinguish between TX and RX direction?

The CUBRO optical BiDi TAP is the right answer to this challenge. One the one hand it passes the BiDi Traffic fully transparently through while on the other side it features two independent monitoring outputs – one for each direction. Thus it allows capturing, decoding and troubleshooting per direction. Moreover, the CUBRO optical BiDi TAP is also available with Aggregation Converter functionality. In this case the link traffic of both directions is aggregated and converted to a single 1000B-T monitoring output.

Overview

Requiring no power, the CUBRO optical Bidi TAPs maintain permanent passive connection for monitoring purposes without introducing a potential point of failure or disturbing other network connections. The CUBRO passive optical TAPs deliver full-duplex monitoring with zero impact on the network.

Broadband Design

The network section of the CUBRO optical BiDi TAP is broadband. That means it covers every wavelength between 1290 and 1610nm. Thus it can be used for different TX and RX wavelengths combinations such as 1310nm/1490nm, 1310nm/1550nm or 1490nm/1550nm.

Totally traffic transparent

CUBRO optical BiDI TAPs are totally traffic transparent and offer 100% throughput. Therefore the optical BiDI TAPs can be used for any optical network application, regardless of the bitrate. Whether it is monitoring of STM-64, STM-256, 10G Ethernet or OTN signals, CUBRO is the right choice

Portable or Rackmount

The CUBRO optical BiDI TAP can either be delivered as portable version or as 19“ rackmount version. The 19“ rackmount version is able to hold up to three pieces BiDi TAPs in 1U.

Network Section

The network section passes through a Bi-Directional signal transported over a single optical Singlemode fiber. As the network section has a broadband design it can be used for any combination of 1310nm, 1490nm and 1550nm.
In terms of signal type the BiDi optical TAPtransports every signal - Ethernet, SDH, OTN, PON,...

Monitor Ports

The optical BiDi TAP features two independent monitoring outputs – one port for each direction. Thus it allows capturing, decoding and troubleshooting per direction.
Moreover, the CUBRO optical BiDi TAP is also available with Aggregation Converter functionality. In this case the link traffic of both directions is aggregated and converted to a single 1000B-T monitoring output.