[November 09, 2009] OIF Launches Project for Module Management Interface Tweet Nov 10, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- A new 100G project has been launched by the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) to define a Module Management Interface. The project, started in the Physical and Link Layer Working Group, has set a goal to develop a Management Data Input/Output Interface (MDIO) for the 100G Long Haul DWDM Transmission Module. The MDIO project will specify the logical architecture and frame structure, module control and host-module signaling theory, and MDIO register set. Work on the 100G Long Haul DWDM Transmission Module Multisource Agreement (MSA) began a year ago and the MDIO interface is an important component to completing the project, enabling multi-vendor interoperability. The OIF has a number of projects in various states of progression addressing 100G for Long Haul DWDM transport networks. "The OIF Framework Document brings many different pieces together for 100G Long Haul DWDM networks," said Karl Gass of Sandia National Labs and the OIF Physical and Link Layer Working Group Vice Chair. "As we identify the boundaries for each issue, we work to fill in that piece of the technological puzzle. The MDIO is another key piece of that puzzle." Launched in April of 1998, the OIF is an industry group uniting representatives from data and optical networking disciplines, including carriers, component manufacturers and system vendors. The OIF promotes the development and deployment of interoperable networking solutions and services through the creation of Implementation Agreements (IAs) for optical, interconnect, network processing and component technologies, and optical networking systems. The OIF actively supports and extends the work of standards bodies with the goal of promoting worldwide compatibility of optical internetworking products. Working relationships or formal liaisons have been established with the Ethernet Alliance, IEEE 802.3, IETF, ITU-T Study Group 13, ITU-T Study Group 15, IPv6 Forum, MEF, ATIS OPTXS, ATIS TMOC, Rapid I/O, TMF, UXPi, and the XFP MSA Group. The OIF's Framework Document outlines the issues for the various projects and online: http://oiforum.com/public/documents/OIF-FD-100G-DWDM-01.0.pdf Information: oiforum.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]