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the interconnect link is a set of

modules which allows to expand the

system by connecting a second

Britecell Plus subrack station to the

main one, at a distance of up to 20

km. By using more interconnect links at the main station, more Britecell Plus

stations could be connected to the main one, in a star configuration.

Each interconnect link (i-link) is made up by a master-side and by a slave-

side. Both the master side and the slave side are composed by a receiver

module and by a transmitter module (please refer to fig. 5.26, 5.27): the

transmitter modules are identified by the code TDTX, while the receiver

module is identified as TMRX at the master side and as TSRX at the slave side.

The interconnect link is available both in simple version (identified as TILx-HL)

and in WDM version (identified as TILx-HLW). A WDM i-link exploits the same

fibre to transmit both from master to slave and vice-versa (please refer to fig.

5.28b), while the simple link uses a dedicate fiber for the transmission from

master to slave, and a different one for the transmission from slave to master

(please refer to fig. 5.28a).

The following four section will describe in details the i-link modules both in

WDM and not-WDM version.

TILx

(intro)

Module name:

Interconnect link

TILx-HL

(a)

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(a)

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Fig. 5.26: i-link modules: (a)

master side; (b) slave-side.

Fig. 5.27: WDM i-link modules:

(a) master side; (b) slave-side.

5.11.1. Introduction