Space Mission Router (SMR)
Blue Marble Communications radiation-hardened SMR is an 800Gbps, highly-configurable, MPLS router with 12GB deep packet buffering.
SMR boasts industry-leading radiation performance and power efficiency provided by AMD Xilinx Versal (7nm) SoC technology with integrated Ethernet hard IP.
A typical configuration is an MPLS router with standards-compliant label edge/switch routing (RFC3031), differentiated services (RFC3270), ECN (RFC5129), AQM (RFC7567), IP routing (RFC1812), virtualization (RFC3032), IP routing support (RFC1812), IP DSCP-based marking/policing/shaping, and other customer-specified features. SMR has successfully completed SDA PWSA NEBULA Network Verification Testing (NVT).
SMR integrates seamlessly with BMC’s BMOT 100G optical communication terminals, SDX software-defined modem/transceivers, and SEP edge computers.
Technical specifications
| Specification | Performance |
| Configuration Management | NETCONF/YANG |
| Switching Capacity | 800Gbps |
| Buffering Capacity | 12GB (96Gb) |
| Data Interfaces | 12x 10/100/1000/2.5G/5G/10GBASE-T 4x 100GBASE-KR4 8x 25GBASE-(K)R |
| M&C/PPS Interfaces | 10/100/1000BASE-T, RS-422, CAN |
| Timing Interfaces | LVDS PPS, RS-422 PPS |
| Size & Mass | 27.9×24.2×3.2cm, 2.3kg |
| Power Input | 22-38Vdc |
| Operating Temperature | -20 to +60°C |
Medusa™ Fiber µlens Array
High-density, laser-welded, fiber-optic arrays for precision and robustness
Medusa™ fiberized microlens arrays offer nearly limitless scaling for fiber interconnects that cannot be matched by competing technologies. Laser-welded fibers ensure robust adhesion and 100% fused silica beam path, while automated alignment guarantees performance specifications regardless of fiber type.
Dense-packing with configurable placement
Medusa™ fiberized microlens arrays can be pre-configured to provide any fiber density any location for any type of fiber, including mixed fiber types. Epoxy-free path provides uninterrupted silica path for high reliability applications such as datacenter interconnects, silicon photonics interconnects, or kW-per-fiber beam combination.
Technical specifications
The preliminary specifications of Medusa™ fiberized microlens arrays are given below:
- Fiber type: SM, PM, MM, LMA, or mixed
- Number of fibers: 128, or user defined to over 1024
- Fiber configuration: hex-pack, square pack, or user defined
- Center-to-center spacing: user defined ≤ 250µm
- Pointing error: ≤ 2.5mrad
- PM fiber co-alignment: ≤0.3°
- Connector loss per channel: 0.5/1.6dB (avg/max)
Manufacturing features of Medusa™ fiberized microlens arrays make them suitable for integration into high-density expanded-beam connectors. Such features include:
- Bar-coded fibers for easy correlation to microlens location
- Mounted or unmounted microlens array
- Epoxy filled (not in path) for hermetic strain-relief