Avanex Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Opnext Inc. at OFC/NFOEC in Anaheim announced they have formed a multisource agreement to establish compatible sources of 10Gbit/s XFP-E, or extended size, transceivers for high-performance applications in 10Gbit/s optical transmission systems.
The members will establish internationally compatible sources of 10Gbit/s XFP-E transceivers designed to achieve high-performance applications of 10Gbit/s transmission systems with electrical and optical compatibility with XFP standard transceivers.
The agreement makes way for flexible optical interfaces for ultra-long-haul DWDM applications as well as back-compatibility with SONET/SDH, 10GbE and 10G Fiber Channel XFP transceivers operating from 9.95Gbit/s up to 11.09Gbit/s.
The new XFP-E meets the applicable ITU-T G.691, ITU-T G.709, Telcordia GR-253 and XFP MSA standards. An XFI electrical interface is provided along with a two wire serial I2C interface for digital diagnostics.
The agreement intends to establish the compatible XFP-E Transceivers as:
--Common mechanical dimensions including the LC-receptacle parts
--Common pin assignment and functions
--Common electrical and optical characteristics
The companies now are finalizing the XFP-E specifications and samples will be available in 2006.
Avanex Corp. www.avanex.com
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. http://global.mitsubishielectric.com
Opnext Inc. www.opnext.com
