IEEE 802.3av Adds 10 Gb Specification to PON Standard
October 2, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Board approved IEEE 802.3av, an amendment to the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard.
The amendment expands the standard by adding the new specification for 10 Gbps on point-to-multipoint passive optical networks (PONs).
The standard's full title is IEEE 802.3av - Standard for Information Technology - Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems - Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Specific Requirements Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications Amendment: Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for 10Gb/s Passive Optical Networks.
"The 10G-EPON standard enables the network operators to significantly increase the performance of their point-to-multipoint architectures, supporting emerging bandwidth-intensive services, while simultaneously lowering the costs related to equipment, operation, upgrade and maintenance," said David Law, chair of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group.
IEEE 802.3av was developed by the Ethernet Working Group of the Local and Metropolitan Area Networks Standards Committee of the IEEE Computer Society.
Source: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA).