A Novel 400-Gb/s (100-Gb/s4) Physical-Layer Architecture Using Low-Power Technology

Masashi KONO  Akihiro KANBE  Hidehiro TOYODA  Shinji NISHIMURA  

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E95-B    No.11    pp.3437-3444
Publication Date: 2012/11/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E95.B.3437
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Transmission Systems and Transmission Equipment for Communications
Keyword: 
Ethernet,  low power,  physical layer,  single-wavelength transmission,  

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Summary: 
A novel 400-Gb/s (100-Gb/s4) physical-layer architecture for the next-generation Ethernet – using 100-Gb/s serial (optical single-wavelength) transmission – is proposed. As for the next-generation 400-Gb/s Ethernet, additional requirements from the market, such as power reduction and further miniaturization in addition to attaining even higher transmission speed, must be satisfied. To satisfy these requirements, a 100-Gb/s4 Ethernet physical-layer architecture is proposed. This architecture uses a 100-Gb/s serial (optical single-wavelength) transmission Ethernet and low-power technologies for a multi-lane transmission Ethernet. These technologies are implemented on a 100-Gb/s serial (optical single wavelength) transmission Ethernet using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Experimental evaluation of this implementation demonstrates the feasibility of low-power 400-Gb/s Ethernet.