IEEE 802.3ba - Is it the Right Time? Assessment: Technology and Market for High-Speed Data Systems

1.0 Introduction

• 1.1 Recent History
• 1.2 Standardization Activity
• 1.3 Challenges and Drivers
• 1.4 Goals
• 1.5 Dispersion
• 1.6 Demand
• 1.7 Scope
• 1.8 Research Methodology
• 1.9 Target Audience

2.0 Standardization Process

• 2.1 IEEE
• 2.2 ITU-T
• 2.3 Co-operation
• 2.4 Interest Group
• 2.5 Other
• 2.6 “Road to 100G” Alliance
• 2.7 X40
• 2.8 SSR-40
• 2.9 Standardization Drivers and Issues: 100 Gb/s

3.0 Impairments

4.0 High-rate Systems and PMD

• 4.1 General
• 4.2 Short History - 40 Gb/s Transmission
• 4.3 Status
  • 4.3.1 Directions
  • 4.3.2 Specifics
• 4.4 40G Transmission Technologies
  • 4.4.1 Perspectives
• 4.5 Issues
  • 4.5.1 ICs
  • 4.5.2 Optics

5.0 Applications

6.0 PMD Nature and Characteristics

• 6.1 Challenge
• 6.2 Effect
  • 6.2.1 Cause and Nature
  • 6.2.2 Statistics
  • 6.2.3 Penalties

7.0 PMD Effect and Compensation Methods

• 7.1 General
• 7.2 Network Design
• 7.3 Compensation Techniques
  • 7.3.1 Optical Compensation
    • 7.3.1.1 Standards
    • 7.3.1.2 Methods
    • 7.3.1.3 Classification Based on Order of Compensation
    • 7.3.1.4 Example
    • 7.3.1.5 Details
• 7.4 Electronics Methods
• 7.5 Mode Coupling - Fiber Method
• 7.6 Polarization Maintaining Fiber
  • 7.6.1 Fiber Types
  • 7.6.2 Fiber PMD Audits
• 7.7 Increasing PMD Tolerance
• 7.8 “Universal” Compensator
• 7.9 PMD and Specifics of High-Speed Systems

8.0 Market Estimate

• 8.1 Present Time
  • 8.1.1 Core IP Networking Drivers
  • 8.1.2 From 40 Gb/s to 100 Gb/s
  • 8.1.3 Market Characteristics
• 8.2 PMDC Market Drivers
  • 8.2.1 CAPEX Savings
  • 8.2.2 OPEX Savings
  • 8.2.3 Technological Factors
• 8.3 Market Forecast
  • 8.3.1 Model Assumptions
  • 8.3.2 Analysis
    • 8.3.2.1 Market Estimate for High-rate Systems
    • 8.3.2.2 PMDC Market

9.0 PMDC Market Players

• Agere Systems (In 2007, merged in the LSI Corp.)
• Agilent (Adaptif Photonics)
• General Photonics
• OZ OPTICS
• StrataLight

10.0 Manufactures: 40 Gb/s Components

• Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC)
• API-Picometrix
• Avalon Microelectronics
• Avanex (Acquired Alcatel Optronics)
• Bay Microsystems
• Big Bear (Acquired by Finisar)
• Bookham
• CyOptics
• CalypTech
• Centellax
• CoreOptics
• Corning
• Covega
• IBM (in collaboration with Cisco)
• Inphi
• Infinera
• Intel
• JDSU
• JGKB Photonics
• Hitachi
• Finisar
• Kailight Photonics (acquired by Optium)
• MergeOptics
• Optoplex
• Oki Semiconductor
• ReflexPhotonic
• SMI
• StrataLight
• T-Networks (Acquired by SyOptics in 2007)

11.0 Manufactures: 40 Gb/s Platforms

• Adva
• Ciena
• Cisco
• Infinera
• Juniper
• Lucent (Alcatel-Lucent)
• Mintera
• NEC
• StrataLight

12.0 Conclusions

• Figure 1: 40 Gb/s Transmission and PMD
• Figure 2: DGD Illustration
• Figure 3: 40 Gb/s - Allowable PMD
• Figure 4: Receiver sensitivity Penalty (A=0.5)
• Figure 5: Receiver Sensitivity Penalty (A=0.3)
• Figure 6: Optical Adaptive PMDC
• Figure 7: Estimate of Telecommunications Spending (2006)
• Figure 8: Illustration of PMDC Utilization Saving
• Figure 9: Estimate for 40 Gb/s Market ($M)
• Figure 10: Market Estimate: 100 Gb/s Systems ($M)

• Table 1: Routers
• Table 2: PMD Limits
• Table 3: Comparison
• Table 4: 40 Gb/s Equipment Distribution (initial market)