Due to the rapid increase in the amount of information required in the ICT market, major standardization bodies are currently actively discussing the 800G/1.6T specifications. On the client side, IEEE802.3 has started discussions on 800G/1.6T in 2021, and on the line side, OIF has started discussions on 800G, also in 2021. However, no further discussions on 3.2T have been made so far, and it is estimated that the discussions will start in 2025 or later. This paper discusses the scheme and configuration of 3.2T optical transceivers, based on the status of standardization discussions up to now, and provides an overview of t the perspectives.
The required information volume in the ICT market is increasing faster than expected, and ultra-high-speed optical transceivers/optical components with transmission speeds of 400G or higher are rapidly being put into practical use. Along with higher speeds, these optical transceivers/components are required to be smaller and have lower power consumption, requiring the application of optical integration technology and fine CMOS processes. Under these circumstances, international forum standardization organizations such as IEEE802.3/OIF have started standardization of ultra-high-speed optical transceivers beyond 800G by 2021. In this report, we will focus on the latest topics of the standardization organizations and address the issues toward practical application of 800G/1.6T.
In order to meet the recent vast demands of ICT bandwidth, next -gen 1 Tb/s-era high speed optical transceivers, such as 800Gbps and 1.6Tbps, began to be discussed in principal standards bodies in early 2021. Especially IEEE802.3, OIF and some specific MSA organizations have played important roles in the industry so as to lead the proper concepts and designs of the leading-edge high speed optical transceivers. Reviewing the recent activities of these standardization bodies, the emerging technical solutions such as Co -Packaging Optics, in addition to the transceiver pluggable solutions, are also to be examined and reported.
The amount of information required in the ICT market is increasing at a faster rate than expected, and the practical application of ultrahigh-speed optical transceivers and optical components with transmission speeds up to 400 Gb/s or higher is rapidly progressing. These optical transceivers and optical components need to be developed with higher transmission speed, smaller size and lower power consumption, necessitating the adoption of optical integrated technologies and fine CMOS processes. Under these circumstances, international standardization bodies such as IEEE 802.3/OIF/IEC and other MSA groups are actively creating standards, and this paper reports mainly on these latest topics.
In order to meet the recent vast demands of ICT bandwidth, high speed transmission systems, such as 100G, 200G and 400G, have been developed and installed with extremely high speed. In these circumstances, the de-fact standardization bodies such as IEEE802.3/OIF have played important roles in the industry in order to lead the proper concepts and designs of the leading-edge high-speed optical transceivers. Reviewing the recent activities of these standardization bodies, the future migration towards beyond Tera transceivers are examined and estimated from the view point of technology and economics.
The demand of ICT information capacity is increasing with unexpected rate, and it becomes extremely urgent issue for 400G and 1T class optical transceivers to put them in practical use. Not only high speed performance but also smaller form factor and lower power consumption capability is required, and therefore the development of the optical integration technology and the fine CMOS process are seriously examined. Under these critical situations, the forum standardization bodies such as IEEE802.3/OIF play important roles in the industry, and this paper reviews the latest status and its future estimated directions from the technical point of view.
In order to meet the recent vast demands of ICT bandwidth, high speed transmission systems, such as 100G, 200G and 400G, have been developed and installed with extremely high pace. De -fact standardization bodies such as IEEE802.3/OIF have played important roles in the industry for leading the proper concepts/designs of the leading edge high speed transceivers. Reviewing the recent activities of these standardization bodies, the future migration towards small form factor transceivers and its supporting integration technologies are examined. Latest MSA activities are also reviewed.
In order to meet the recent vast demands of ICT bandwidth, high speed transmission systems, such as 100G, 200G and 400G, have been developed and installed with extremely high pace. De-fact standardization bodies such as IEEE802.3/OIF have played important roles in the industry for leading the proper concepts/designs of the leading edge high speed transceivers. Reviewing the recent activities of these standardization bodies, the future migration towards 800G and 1.6T with small form factor transceivers are examined. The high bandwidth per channel technology, such as 100GHz and beyond, is a key factor to realize the next generation transceivers such as 800G and 1.6T.
Triggered by the recent vast demands of the information bandwidth, high speed transmission networking system, such as 100G/400G, have been developed and installed with extremely high speed. In order to lead the proper concept/design of the leading edge optical components which is applied for these high speed networking equipment, de-fact standardization bodies such as IEEE802.3/OIF have made important roles in the industry. The demands of the bandwidth will still continue to increase with endless degree, and therefore the future migration towards higher speed transceivers such as 1T class, and also towards the smaller form factor transceivers is absolutely inevitable, and to be examined.
KEYWORDS: Transceivers, Standards development, Digital signal processing, Single mode fibers, Interfaces, Modulation, Wavelength division multiplexing, Information technology, Lead, Lawrencium
Seeing the recent vast data increase in information industry, IT society will move into the new era of Zettabyte in a few years. Under these circumstances, high-speed and high-capacity optical communication systems have been deployed in the industry. Especially high speed optical transceivers are key devices to realize high-speed systems, and the practical development is accelerated. In order to develop these leading edge products timely, the global standard criteria are strongly required in the industry. Based on these backgrounds, the forum standardization bodies such as OIF PLLWG/ IEEE802.3 are energetically creating the de-fact standards. With regard to 100G/400G standardization activities, IEEE802.3 leads the client side, and OIF PLL-WG leads the line side, and both of them play important roles in the industry. In the previous Photonics West conferences, the activities of these standardization bodies till 2013 were reported. In 2014, the discussions of 400G client side transceiver projects have made some progress in IEEE802.3, whose baseline technologies are about to be fixed. Also 100G transceiver projects for metro applications in the line side, whose target profile is CFP2 form factor, have been discussed in OIF PLL-WG. In this paper, these high-end standardization topics are introduced and the future products direction is also discussed from the technical point of view. In order to realize these small form factor and cost effective transceivers, the device integration technologies, the low power device/electrical circuit technologies, and the development of high speed electrical interface such as 25G/50G are key factors.
Through the recent progress in information oriented society, the required information volume is expanding rapidly. Under these circumstances, high-speed and high-capacity optical communication systems are deployed in the industry. Especially high speed optical transceiver is the key device to realize high-speed system, and the practical development is accelerated in the industry. In order to develop these leading edge products timely, the global standards is strongly demanded in the industry. Based on these backgrounds, Forum standardization bodies such as OIF PLLWG/ IEEE802.3 are energetically creating the standards in the industry. With regard to 100G/400G standardization activities, OIF leads telecom field and IEEE802.3 leads datacom field, and both activities become important recently. In the previous conference, the activities of these standardization bodies till 2012 were reported[1]. In 2013, 100G digitalcoherent transceiver project especially for metro applications had some progress in OIF PLL-WG, whose target form factor is CFP and CFP2. Also 400G transceiver project in datacom field started in IEEE802.3 as 400G Study Group. In this paper, these high-end standardization topics are mainly reviewed and the future direction is also discussed from the technical point of view. In addition, the energy consumption problem for the near future network, triggered by vast increase of the information bandwidth, is also picked up and some related activities are introduced.
Through the recent progress in information oriented society, the required information volume is expanding rapidly.
Under these circumstances, high-speed and high-capacity optical communication systems are deployed in the industry.
Especially high speed optical transceiver is the key device to realize high-speed system, and the practical development is
accelerated in the industry. In order to develop these leading edge products timely, the establishment of the global
standards is strongly demanded in the industry. Based on these backgrounds, Forum standardization bodies such as
OIF/IEEE802.3 are energetically creating the standards in the industry. With regard to 40G/100G standardization
activities, OIF leads telecom field and IEEE802.3 leads datacom field, and both activities become important recently.
The recent topics of these two standardization bodies are reviewed and its future direction is discussed. Two
organizations have completed the 1st gen 40G/100G standards, and soon after they starts creating the 2nd gen 40G/100G
standards for targeting more compact size and low power consumption transceivers, mainly because the unexpected huge
increase of the information volume. Key factor for the 2nd gen is the low power consumption technology such as new
CMOS technology and the design improvement of the heat dissipation. Also from the mechanical point of view, the
development of the new electrical interface such as 25G/50G and the brand-new hybrid integration technologies are
strongly expected in the industry. New configurations using silicon-photonics are reported by many organizations in the
recent standardization meetings.
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