Agenda

Agenda for the 100GbE per Lambda for Data Center Workshop will be posted shortly.

OIDA and the Ethernet Alliance are partnering to host a workshop on 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) per lambda interconnects targeting data center networks.  The event will be collocated with the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) that will be held in San Jose, on June 8 – June 13, 2014. This workshop will bring to together experts and key players in the Ethernet and optics industries to discuss and explore this area.  This event will be opened up to the general industry.  Together, these two groups of participants will provide a broad set of backgrounds that should enable lively discussion, and provide the industry with the start of a plan to the next evolution of 100GbE.

Background

In 2010 the 100GbE standard was ratified by the IEEE.  All optical solutions were based on a parallelization scheme, i.e. 10 lanes of 10 Gb/s or 4 lanes of 25 Gb/s, using either parallel fibers or parallel lambdas.  Historically the lowest cost solution has always been based on a single lane solution, but with the current highest optical rate used in an Ethernet standard being 40 Gb/s, 100Gb/s across a single lambda on a single fiber may seem far off in the distance.   

This workshop will gather industry experts to to identify the myriad of challenges that will be faced by the industry in the  commercialization  of single-lambda 100Gbps optical communications for data center applications, and discuss how the industry can address these issues.  This workshop will focus on the development of 100 GbE single lambda optics technology exclusively. Potential questions include:

• What are the drivers for developing 100GbE Single Lambda Optics? 
• What needs to be addressed to get there?  Optical? Electrical? Modulation? FEC?
• What tradeoffs need to be considered? 
• How will the industry address the necessary investment?

Other topics will be considered, based on submitted proposals.

Intended Audience