NEUCHATEL, Switzerland -- Oscilloquartz, an ADVA Optical Networking company, today launched its OSA 5401 Syncplug, a highly accurate and uniquely efficient small form-factor pluggable (SFP) grandmaster clock and GNSS receiver. The innovative device has the smallest footprint and most compact design on the market. It complements the existing portfolio of Oscilloquartz products, driving precise IEEE 1588v2 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) frequency and phase synchronization as well as Synchronous Ethernet deeper into access networks, including radio access and small cell networks. With its miniature form factor and low-touch provisioning, the new synchronization solution can be deployed in the most space-restrictive environments. What’s more, it operates at low cost, consumes minimal energy and requires no additional power source or real estate. The OSA 5401 Syncplug supports the creation of an entirely new time distribution architecture to meet the stringent phase-synchronization requirements of today’s access networks.

“In terms of efficiency, precision and density of design, our OSA 5401 Syncplug miniature grandmaster is a major development for our industry,” said Kenneth Hann, senior director, R&D, Oscilloquartz. “It’s possibly the world’s smallest grandmaster clock and yet it generates phenomenally precise PTP frequency and phase synchronization for radio access and small cell networks. Now network operators have a cost-effective migration path for deploying robust phase and frequency synchronization deeper into access networks. Our OSA 5401 Syncplug™ integrates with existing network elements and its small form factor and rich feature set enable a versatile range of deployment options for enhanced synchronization network performance. Its timing-optimized, dual-frequency GNSS receiver achieves excellent performance even in urban canyons where small-cell deployments are often made and it can also work with a single satellite.”

The OSA 5401 Syncplug™ is the first new product to be jointly engineered by Oscilloquartz and members of the recently acquired Time4 Systems. It easily conforms to all relevant PTP telecom profiles and, when locked to global navigation systems, meets the stringent requirements of G.8272 and G.811 specifications. The device functions as a Synchronous Ethernet source, GNSS receiver and a grandmaster clock. It can support both Layer 2 and Layer 3 PTP transport and is capable of unicasting and multicasting simultaneously. Advanced design and network redundancy techniques provide resiliency against local GNSS jamming. It also boasts an impressively wide operational temperature range of -40 to 85 Celsius. But the key benefits that the OSA 5401 Syncplug provides are space and energy efficiency for significant savings in installation and engineering costs. It also fully complies with multi-source agreements for total interoperability.

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