Agilent/Keysight J7230A

The Agilent/Keysight J7230A OmniBER OTN Communications Performance Analyzer is a test instrument for characterizing SONET/SDH and ITU-T G.709 Optical Transport Network devices. The analyzer generates and measures Bit Error Rate (BER) across optical and electrical interfaces, performs overhead testing, simulates Forward Error Correction, and captures OTU frames for production and laboratory environments.

Technical Specifications

• SONET/SDH (Telcordia GR-253)


• ITU-T G.707


• ITU-T G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) Line Rates


• Optical interface: 52 Mb/s to 10.71 Gb/s


• Electrical interface: 1.5 Mb/s to 140 Mb/s


• OTN rates: OTU1 at 2.66 Gb/s, OTU2 at 10.71 Gb/s


• Unframed PRBS: 52 Mb/s to 10 Gb/s (SONET/SDH); 2.66 Gb/s or 10.71 Gb/s (OTN) Concatenation Support


• Standard: STS-3c/AU-4, STS-12c/AU-4-4c, STS-48c/AU-4-16c


• Arbitrary: STS-6c/AU-4-2c, STS-9c/AU-4-3c, STS-24c/AU-4-8c Optical Interfaces


• FC/PC connectors (Option 609)


• Side-mounted connectors (Option 004)


• Rear-mounted connectors available


• Wavelengths: 1310 nm and 1550 nm transmitter options

Key Features

• Simultaneous monitoring of up to 192 STS/AU channels


• Overhead setup and monitoring across all SONET/SDH/OTN overhead bytes


• FEC checking independent control on transmitter and receiver for framed OTUk signals


• APS service disruption measurements


• Alarm status monitoring with error reporting per channel


• Framed mode: generates signals per Telcordia GR-253, ITU-T G.707, and G.709


• Unframed mode: PRBS testing at all supported standard rates


• Network-realistic mixed mapping support

Typical Applications Device verification and interoperability testing. Production acceptance testing. Channel characterization for optical equipment.

Compatibility & Integration Electrical interface testing available with DSn/PDH framed and unframed modes via Option 012. Supports contiguous and arbitrary concatenation for flexible test configurations.