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> write an EFM standard around CWDM
wavelength allocation
I don't think we need to incorporate
a wavelength grid into the optical first mile standard. This is another
topic that I feel is out of the scope of EFM work. The PMDs need to be
simplified, not complicated. Introducing an entire wavelength grid creates
several problems:
(1) Box-to-box Compatibility
(2) CWDM does not include 1310 nm, which it seems
everybody wants at the ONU
(3) CWDM is not compatible with ITU G.983.3 nor
the ITU Grid (used in the Metro)
(4) Admin/Maintenance is a nightmare if each
box has a different color laser
(5) We need cheap lasers at the ONU, not
expensive wavelength specific or tunable
lasers.
A better approach will be, perhaps, to minimize and simplify the PMD wavelength choices, and in at least one case, to leave the 1550 window open (unused). This way, it is available, but you don't have to decided which is best: CWDM, DWDM, 1550 Analog Video, etc.
(To give you an idea of the wavelength grid swamp: a while ago I had privy to the WDM plans of several large equipment vendors. I did a table, side by side, of the wavelengths being used, and ---- they were all different. In other words, the 8/15/32/etc wavelengths did not match up. This, wavelength grid inter-compatibility, is a fundamental problem in WDM networks right now. )
In conclusion, I feel a better
approach for EFM is to focus on an optical PMD solution that is simple and low
cost. Those that are being studied
are:
down/up
1550/1310 (P2P, P2MP)
1310/1310
(P2P)
1310+/1310- (P2P, P2MP)
1490/1310 (P2P, P2MP)
Note that
while 1490 nm has not been used before for Ethernet, it is on the CWDM
grid, it is specified by ITU-T G.983.3 and it does leave the 1550 window open.