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Oscilloquartz Launches Industry’s Smallest PTP Grandmaster Clock
October 2015 by Marc Jacob
Oscilloquartz launched its OSA 5401 Syncplug(TM), 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(TM) supports the creation of an entirely new time distribution architecture to meet the stringent phase-synchronization requirements of today’s access networks.
The OSA 5401 Syncplug(TM) 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(TM) 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.
The OSA 5401 Syncplug(TM) will be showcased live from Tuesday, November 3 until Thursday, November 5 at ITSF 2015 in Edinburgh.
