[EFM] Re: [EFM-OAM] New update on EFM OAM Work Item #3

["Ben Brown" <bbrown@xxxxxxxx>]

Vipul,

This question is slightly off topic. This is why I've opened it up
to the wider EFM audience.

In EPON, there are multiple ONU's sending data up to a 1000BASE-X OLT.
Each ONU transmits for a few microseconds each. Is there a guarantee
that the OLT won't lose sync with the 8B/10B commas when ONU's switch
in and out? Is it expected that the OLT will lose and regain sync with
each ONU switch over?

Perhaps this is well understood and you can simply point me to a
presentation that describes this process.

Regards,
Ben

Vipul Bhatt wrote:
> 
> Ben,
> 
> I am sure MAC Control at OLT end knows at each moment which ONU is
> talking. But I am worried that if it has just one PCS error counter
> to read from, it won't be able to discern useful information from
> it. Error rates need averaging over several seconds to become a
> stable value. With ONUs taking turns to transmit, each one for a few
> microseconds, it will be difficult to get a reliable indication of
> error rate of an individual link.
> 
> I will request some P2MP colleagues to answer your questions better.
> Like Hugh, I am tempted to crawl back to my photonic cave...
> 
> Vipul
> 
> ================
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-stds-802-3-efm-oam@majordomo.ieee.org
> > [mailto:owner-stds-802-3-efm-oam@majordomo.ieee.org]On
> > Behalf Of Ben
> > Brown
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 7:24 AM
> > To: Hugh Barrass
> > Cc: Vipul_Bhatt@xxxxxxxx; Kevin Daines;
> > stds-802-3-efm-oam@ieee.org;
> > ambraga@xxxxxxxxxxx; tjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxx; dromasca@xxxxxxxxx;
> > don.alderrou@xxxxxxxxx; arnoldb@xxxxxxxxx; fkaudel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > David_Law@xxxxxxxxxxxx; robert.muir@xxxxxxxxx;
> > bob.barrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; hkaplan@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [EFM-OAM] New update on EFM OAM Work Item #3
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hugh, Vipul,
> >
> > Is there information at that layer in the OLT to know when
> > data is coming from a particular ONU? This would be necessary
> > to keep separate counters. If this is the case, what is the
> > purpose of the LLID? If the physical layer knows which ONU
> > is providing the information, doesn't the MAC layer also know?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ben
> >
> > Hugh Barrass wrote:
> > >
> > > Vipul,
> > >
> > > I hate to say this, but the complex option may be required:
> > >
> > > If we assume that the FEC is implemented, it will be
> > important to have FEC
> > > corrected (and uncorrected) error counts at the OLT for
> > each ONU. This will
> > > allow an operator to debug problems with ONU lasers or
> > fiber - either common or
> > > separate sections.
> > >
> > > I think this will map to the virtual point-to-point concept.
> > >
> > > Hugh.
> > >
> > > Vipul Bhatt wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ben,
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps you or others have thought about this, and
> > can comment.
> > > >
> > > > In a PON (1000BASE-PX), the medium is shared. The
> > link quality may
> > > > differ from ONU to ONU, but the OLT receiver will be
> > common. So will
> > > > we need multiple counters per OLT PMD?
> > > >
> > > > If yes, then it will be tricky to implement such
> > counters because
> > > > each "link" is established only for a few
> > microseconds.  If not,
> > > > then it raises a question of how useful such an
> > overall counter is.
> > > > I agree it is better than nothing.
> > > >
> > > > Also, I wonder if it is appropriate to call the
> > 1000BASE-X proposed
> > > > counter as "coding violation counter" if we adopt an
> > FEC option.
> > > > (Maybe it is a legitimate black box view - the
> > PMD/PMA will see an
> > > > error rate of 10^-4, the FEC will clean it up to
> > 10^-12, and then
> > > > whichever bit it misses to correct will lead to, by
> > definition, a
> > > > code violation error.)
> > > >
> > > > And finally, if we do insert an FEC sublayer below
> > PCS, we will be
> > > > one level removed from the original intention behind
> > counting code
> > > > violation errors - to monitor the health of the
> > optical link. If we
> > > > want to monitor the status of an optical link, we may
> > need another
> > > > counter that reports errors at the FEC-PMA interface.
> > Updating this
> > > > counter can be the responsibility of the (optional) FEC
> > > > implementation.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Vipul
> > > >
> > > > ===================
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: owner-stds-802-3-efm-oam@majordomo.ieee.org
> > > > > [mailto:owner-stds-802-3-efm-oam@majordomo.ieee.org]On
> > > > > Behalf Of Ben
> > > > > Brown
> > > > > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 1:04 PM
> > > > > To: Kevin Daines
> > > > > Cc: stds-802-3-efm-oam@ieee.org; ambraga@iol.unh.edu;
> > > > > tjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxx; dromasca@xxxxxxxxx;
> > don.alderrou@xxxxxxxxx;
> > > > > arnoldb@xxxxxxxxx; fkaudel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > David_Law@xxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > > > robert.muir@xxxxxxxxx; bob.barrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > > > hkaplan@xxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Subject: [EFM-OAM] New update on EFM OAM Work Item #3
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > All,
> > > > >
> > > > > Attached is an updated presentation regarding work
> > item #3. Please
> > > > > review and provide comments.
> > > > >
> > > > > David,
> > > > >
> > > > > Let me know what I need to do for the MAU attribute
> > that you said
> > > > > we need.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Ben
> > > > >
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