40G/100G MSA-compliant optical transceivers with advanced functionality
Integrated performance monitoring (PM); optical layer operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P); alarming; amplification, and the like is described in optical transceivers, such as multi-source agreement (MSA)-defined modules. An optical transceiver defined by an MSA agreement can include advanced integrated functions for carrier-grade operation which preserves the existing MSA specifications allowing the optical transceiver to operate with any compliant MSA host device with advanced features and functionality. The optical transceiver can include CFP and variants thereof (e.g., CFP2, CDFP, CXP), OIF-MSA-100GLH-EM-01.0, CCRx (Compact Coherent Receiver), Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP) and variants thereof (e.g., QSFP+, QSFP2), 10×10 MSA, XFP, XPAK, XENPAK, X2, XFP-E, SFP, SFP+, 300-pin, and the like.
1. An optical transceiver configured to operate in a host device according to a multi-source agreement, comprising:
circuitry configured to provide framing and forward error correction integrated within the optical transceiver and to communicate with the host device;
transmitter optical components communicatively coupled to the circuitry and configured to transmit a composite 40G or 100G optical signal;
receiver optical components communicatively coupled to the circuitry and configured to receive the composite 40G or 100G optical signal; and
a housing compliant to the multi-source agreement, the housing containing the circuitry, the transmitter optical components, and the receiver optical components;
wherein the framing and forward error correction provided by the circuitry is operated in one of a transparent mode and an enhanced mode, wherein the transparent mode includes the optical transceiver providing advanced functionality in excess of the multi-source agreement while preserving backward compatibility for operation in the host device.
2. The optical transceiver of claim 1 , wherein the multi-source agreement comprises one of CFP and variants thereof, OIF MSA-100GLH, CCRx, QSFP and variants thereof, and 10×10.
3. The optical transceiver of claim 1 , further comprising:
a communications port located on the housing and communicatively coupled to the circuitry, wherein the communications port is utilized to monitor and control operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P) data associated with the advanced functionality thereby enabling the transparent manner to the host device.
4. The optical transceiver of claim 3 , wherein the communications port comprises an Ethernet port, and wherein the Ethernet port is configured to be communicatively coupled to a management system directly or in a daisy chain fashion with another communications port on another optical transceiver.
5. The optical transceiver of claim 1 , further comprising:
a pre amplifier selectively connected to the receiver optical components and configured to amplify the composite 40G or 100G optical signal prior to the receiver optical components.
6. The optical transceiver of claim 1 , further comprising:
a post amplifier selectively connected to the transmitter optical components and configured to amplify the composite 40G or 100G optical signal subsequent to the transmitter optical components.
7. The optical transceiver of claim 1 , further comprising:
a pre amplifier selectively connected to the receiver optical components and configured to amplify the composite 40G or 100G optical signal prior to the receiver optical components; and
a post amplifier selectively connected to the transmitter optical components and configured to amplify the composite 40G or 100G optical signal subsequent to the transmitter optical components.
8. The optical transceiver of claim 7 , wherein the pre amplifier and the post amplifier are disposed within the housing in a manner that preserves backward compatibility for operation in the host device.
9. The optical transceiver of claim 7 , wherein the pre amplifier and the post amplifier are selectively pluggable within the housing in a manner that preserves backward compatibility for operation in the host device.
10. The optical transceiver of claim 1 , wherein the framing and the forward error correction are based on G.709.
11. The optical transceiver of claim 10 , wherein the framing and the forward error correction are bookended between the optical transceiver and a far-end optical transceiver such that operation thereof is transparent to the host device and a far-end host device associated with the far-end optical transceiver.
12. A multi-source agreement (MSA) compliant optical transceiver, comprising:
an optical section comprising transmit optics and receive optics;
an electrical section communicatively coupled to the optical section;
circuitry in the electrical section configured to provide framing and forward error correction integrated within the MSA compliant optical transceiver that is transparent to a host system, wherein the host system supports the MSA compliant optical transceiver;
a controller communicatively coupled to the optical section, the electrical section, and the host system;
a housing compliant to the MSA, the housing containing the optical section, the electrical section, and the controller; and
a communications port disposed on the housing and communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the communications port is utilized to monitor and control operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P) data associated with the circuitry thereby enabling a transparent manner of operation of the circuitry with respect to the host device.
13. The MSA compliant optical transceiver of claim 12 , wherein the multi-source agreement comprises one of CFP and variants thereof, OIF MSA-100GLH, CCRx, QSFP and variants thereof, and 10×10.
14. The MSA compliant optical transceiver of claim 12 , wherein the communications port comprises an Ethernet port, and wherein the Ethernet port is configured to be communicatively coupled to a management system directly or in a daisy chain fashion with another communications port on another optical transceiver.
15. The MSA compliant optical transceiver of claim 12 , further comprising:
a pre amplifier selectively connected to the receive optics; and
a post amplifier selectively connected to the transmit optics.
16. The MSA compliant optical transceiver of claim 15 , wherein the pre amplifier and the post amplifier are disposed within the housing in a manner that preserves backward compatibility for operation in the host device.
17. The MSA compliant optical transceiver of claim 15 , wherein the pre amplifier and the post amplifier are selectively pluggable within the housing in a manner that preserves backward compatibility for operation in the host device.
18. The MSA compliant optical transceiver of claim 12 , wherein the framing and the forward error correction are based on G.709.
19. The MSA compliant optical transceiver of claim 18 , wherein the framing and the forward error correction are bookended between the MSA compliant optical transceiver and a far-end MSA compliant optical transceiver such that operation thereof is transparent to the host device and a far-end host device associated with the far-end MSA compliant optical transceiver.