Case Study

ANT 20 – BER tester setup

MOHD AMEEN DIMITY (mohdameen@huawei.com)
Optical Network Product Department.

EMS
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ODU1 ODU3

IDU
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NE2
NE1 Space
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ODU2 ODU4

BER tester (ANT20)

Figure 1

1. Connect the test circuit as shown in Figure 1

2. Configure services as required by test environment.

For SDH, create cross connect as shown in Figure 2. Make the hardware loopback at far
end using LC-LC cable at the SDH port on SLI board.

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Figure 2
While for PDH, create cross-connect as shown in Figure 3. Make the hardware loopback
at NE 2 (using BNC male jumper cable in that case) at desired port at E1 panel

Figure 3

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RX

TX
TX RX
TX
RX

Figure 4
3. Connect the Tx port of Ant 20 to Rx port of E1 interface as shown in Figure 4 at NE1.
Note that normally for PDH we use the copper cable while SDH we use the fiber
cable.

Figure 5
4. Click the Ant-20 icon on the desktop (Figure 5)

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Figure 6
5. There are 3 instruments to be selected normally from the list as follows (Figure 6) :-

z Signal structure
z Performance Analysis
z Anomaly / Defect Analyzer

Figure 7
6. Refer to Figure 7 at Signal structure window, click to Signal Structure>Edit to
setup for either SDH or PDH.

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Figure 8
7. Figure 8 shows the setup for PDH signal structure. Click the button from left to right.
Edit : ITU-T
Mode : Normal
Interface : Electrical
PDH : 2M
PDH mode : Unfrm.
Test Pattern : PRBS15

After click this entire buttons, don’t forget to click TxÆRx button to ensure the same
signal go through the system and come back.

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Figure 9
To run the test for 15 minutes, at ANT-20 windows click to Measurement>Setting and
set the time to 15 minutes (Figure 9)

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Change to
PRBS23

Figure 10

8. Figure 10 shows the setup for SDH signal structure.

Edit : ITU-T
Mode : Normal
Interface : Optical
SDH : STM 1 and AU4
Mapping : VC12
PDH : 2M
PDH mode : Unfrm.
Test Pattern : PRBS23
After click this entire buttons, don’t forget to click TxÆRx button to ensure the same
signal go through the system and come back.

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From Figure 11, we can see the difference from PDH setup.

Figure 11

9. Then, perform the BER test for 24 hours. Observe the result for a moment before
leave the test gear running a day. Make sure that the EFS (Error Free Seconds) are
counting every seconds as Figure 12 and the others are not counting.

Figure 12

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10. After a day, if no bit error generated, the EFS = 86400 (24hr x 60 min x 60 sec), and
the tester stops automatically. Then, go to the tool bar click to Print… to print the result
by using a floppy disc.

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10. Here is the example of Passed testing result.

ANT-20 - Performance Analysis 1

Start of measurement: 06/23/08 15:40:18.0

End of measurement : 06/24/08 15:40:18.0

Allocation: 18.50000 %
SES Threshold: 2400 B/s
UAS Limit: 0

G.826: OOS;NEAR END: TSE;

EB;0;;
BBE;0;0.00000 %;
ES;0;0.00000 %;
EFS;86400;100.00000 %;
SES;0;0.00000 %;
UAS;0;;
VERDICT;Accepted;;

PATH ALLOCATION;18.50000 %;;

PATH UAS;0;;

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