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1 Physical standards
2 Compatibility
3 Time Line
4 Physical standards
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5 Routers
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links
Preserve the 802.3 / Ethernet frame format utilizing the 802.3 MAC
Preserve minimum and maximum FrameSize of current 802.3 standard
Provide Physical Layer specifications (PHY) for operation over single-mode optical
fiber (SMF), OM3 multi-mode optical fiber (MMF), copper cable assembly, and
backplane.
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at the MAC/PLS
The 100 m OM3 objective is being met by parallel ribbon cable with 850 nm 10GBASESR like optics (40GBASE-SR4 and 100GBASE-SR10). The 1 m backplane objective with
4 lanes of 10GBASE-KR type PHYs (40GBASE-KR4). The 10 m copper cable objective is
met with 4 or 10 differential lanes using SFF-8642 and SFF-8436 connectors. The 10 and
40 km 100G objectives with four wavelengths (around 1310 nm) of 25G optics
(100GBASE-LR4 and 100GBASE-ER4) and the 10 km 40G objective with four
wavelengths (around 1310 nm) of 10G optics (40GBASE-LR4).[9]
Work is also under way on a 40G serial SMF PHY standard (40GBASE-FR). This will be
published as 802.3bg. This PHY will transmit using 1550 nm optics, have a reach of 2 km
and be capable of receiving 1550 nm and 1310 nm light. The capability to receive 1310 nm
light will allow it to inter-operate with a longer reach 1310 nm PHY should one ever be
developed. 1550 nm was chosen as the wavelength for 802.3bg transmission to make it
compatible with existing test equipment and infrastructure. [10]
[edit] Compatibility
Optical domain IEEE 802.3ba implementations are not compatible with the numerous 40G
and 100G line rate transport systems which feature different optical layer and modulation
formats. In particular, current 40 Gigabit transport solutions that use dense wavelengthdivision multiplexing to pack four 10 Gigabit signals into one optical medium are not
compatible with 100 Gigabit and 40 Gigabit Ethernet, which use either coarse WDM in
1310 nm wavelength region with four 25 Gigabit or four 10 Gigabit channels, or parallel
optics with four or ten optical fibers per direction.
Project History:
o Call for interest at IEEE 802.3 plenary meeting in San Diego 18 July
2006
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P802.3bg task force approved for 40 Gbit/s serial SMF PMD 25 March
2010
Ixia (company) has solutions for L1-7 testing on 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and 100 Gigabit
Ethernet since 2008. Ixia assisted in developing PCS lanes, a key component of the PCS
solution. PCS lanes allow todays component, fiber optic, and computer processor
technologies to be used at 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps rates.[20] Ixia's K2 40 GE and 100 GE
modules were the first-to-market test solution for network equipment manufacturers
developing 40/100 Gbps devices, providing full IP layer 2-7 measurement and analysis,
including BERT.[21]
http://www.ixiacom.com/products/higher_speed_ethernet_testing/index.php
EXFO and JDSU introduced a test and measurement which includes physical layer through
to layer 3 networking in 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet products [22]. Discovery
Semiconductors also introduced O/E converters for 100 gigabit testing of the 10 km and
40 km Ethernet standards.[23]
Spirent Communications(www.spirent.com) has introduced test/measurement products
which include Physical Layer as well as L2-L7 capabilities.
http://www.spirent.com/Broadband/40-100G.aspx
Xena Networks (www.xenanetworks.com) demonstrated their L1-L3 100G test equipment
at the Technical University of Denmark in January 2011. The event was reported here http://www.dtu.dk/English/About_DTU/News.aspx?guid={4518DC72-CA94-4D28-BB45F7627FE581AA} (in English) and http://elektronikbranchen.dk/nyhed/dansk-virksomhedklar-med-test-til-100-gb-ethernet (Danish).