IEEE 802.3cc™ ”Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layer and Management Parameters for Serial 25 Gb/s Ethernet Operation Over Single-Mode Fiber” is currently under development by the IEEE P802.3cc 25 Gb/s Ethernet over Single-Mode Fiber Task Force and is anticipated to publish in October, 2017. The project will define the Physical Layer (PHY) specifications and management parameters for support of 25 Gb/s over a pair of singlemode fibers beyond the 100 m reach limitation of 25GBASE-SR. 25 Gb/s PHYs for operation over singlemode optical fiber will provide optimized switch/router connectivity and facilitate 25 Gb/s migration from the data center to campus, metropolitan, and wide area environments.
The two new PHY specifications under development are:
25GBASE-LR: 25 Gb/s over one lane (i.e. 2 fibers total) of singlemode optical fiber cabling with reach up to at least 10 km
25GBASE-ER: 25 Gb/s over one lane (i.e. 2 fibers total) of singlemode optical fiber cabling with reach up to at least 40 km
The current focus of the IEEE P802.3cc 25 Gb/s Ethernet over Single-Mode Task Force is circulation of their draft document for Task Force review and comment resolution.
The IEEE 802.3 25 Gb/s Ethernet Over Single Mode Fiber Call-For-Interest Consensus Presentation can be found here: http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/1115_2/CFI_02_1115.pdf
The Project Authorization Request (PAR), approved on May 12, 2016, can be found here: http://www.ieee802.org/3/cc/P802.3cc.pdf
The project objectives, approved on January 21, 2016, (refer to: http://www.ieee802.org/3/cc/P802_3cc_Objectives.pdf) are as follows:
- Support a MAC data rate of 25 Gb/s
- Support full-duplex operation only
- Preserve the Ethernet frame format utilizing the Ethernet MAC
- Preserve minimum and maximum Frame Size of current IEEE 802.3 standard
- Support a BER of better than or equal to 10-12 at the MAC/PLS service interface (or the frame loss ratio equivalent)
- Support optional Energy-Efficient Ethernet operation
- Provide physical layer specification which support 25 Gb/s operation over at least 10 km on SMF
- Provide physical layer specification which support 25 Gb/s operation over at least 40 km on SMF
- Provide appropriate support for OTN