Oscilloquartz launches ultra-scalable phase and time sync solution for 5G era

Modular design, hardware redundancy and multiple technologies make OSA 5440 ideal for upgrading frequency and extending phase synchronization networks

Oscilloquartz, an ADVA company, has launched the OSA 5440, the ultimate tool for fixed, mobile and cable network operators looking to prepare for 5G while maximizing the value of their frequency synchronization infrastructure.

The new solution delivers highly precise, phase and time-of-day synchronization with unbeatable resilience and scale. It offers full hardware redundancy, line rates up to 10Gbit/s and an unprecedented number of fan-out options.

The OSA 5440’s modular design makes it customizable for all requirements through in-service swapping of pluggable components. It supports legacy applications with up to 160 BITS interfaces, making it an ideal SSU solution. The OSA 5440 also has capacity for up to 48 1/10GbE ports supporting PTP, NTP and SyncE.

As well as distributing highly accurate frequency synchronization, the device meets the stringent phase and time demands of LTE-TDD, LTE-A and 5G RAN networks. The OSA 5440 has already been deployed by one of Europe’s leading Tier 1 operators.

“What today’s operators need is a synchronization solution that’s cost-effective, robust and scalable. Already being leveraged by a major network service provider, our OSA 5440 is the perfect technology for smoothly migrating legacy networks to packet-based timing with no costly upgrades or interruptions to services,” said Gil Biran, general manager, Oscilloquartz. “No other grandmaster device on the market can match the scale of our OSA 5440. It meets an unprecedentedly wide range of requirements from fixed to mobile networks and from 2G to 5G in a single device, dramatically reducing operating costs. It can accommodate 10Gbit/s as well as 1Gbit/s interfaces with hardware timestamping and supports PTP, NTP and SyncE with 48 Ethernet ports. That level of future-proofing puts the OSA 5440 head and shoulders above all of its rival technologies. Now network operators can maintain their legacy SSU networks and evolve ultra-precise, incredibly reliable timing, safe in the knowledge that their synchronization network will meet emerging requirements all the way to 5G connectivity.”

Oscilloquartz’s OSA 5440 and its 1RU equivalent, the OSA 5430, are the only technologies available to offer the space and energy savings of hardware redundancy together with the scale needed for today’s expanding and evolving radio access networks.

They are both fully customizable and feature a dual multi-GNSS receiver for highest availability. Integrated Syncjack™ technology enables in-service synchronization monitoring and assurance without the need for expensive test equipment, and all functions are supported by ADVA’s FSP Sync Manager. Like other Oscilloquartz core grandmaster clocks, the OSA 5440 can be combined with Oscilloquartz’s advanced cesium clocks to create an ePRTC system for unprecedented stability, precision and reliability even in the case of GNSS failure.

What's more, the OSA 5440 provides a direct fan-out from ePRTC into the network using multiple PTP and SyncE interfaces, enabling ultimate phase and time delivery with the lowest energy and smallest form factor.

“Our OSA 5440 provides the crucial link between legacy and emerging technologies. It addresses the urgent synchronization needs of mission-critical infrastructure across all industries from radio access to utility to government networks. With its unrivalled capacity and abundance of fan-out options, our OSA 5440 is the ultimate route to next-generation timing for the 5G era,” commented Nir Laufer, senior director, product line management, Oscilloquartz. “With support for up to 10Gbit/s interfaces, we’re taking phenomenally accurate network synchronization to the next level. Our OSA 5440 also features a completely redundant hardware architecture so if one module fails, another is on standby, ensuring no interruption to services and no impact on end users. It provides a smooth migration from legacy to next-generation timing by supporting precise PTP as well as SyncE, BITS and NTP interfaces in the same product. Our OSA 5440 really does create a new standard for flexibility, efficiency and scale for the rest of the industry to aspire to.”