[802.3_EPOC] PAR Wording

["Shellhammer, Steve" <sshellha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

SG,

 

               Since I was unable to email out the update on the PAR wording slides to the reflector, due to the 5 kB limit, I have extracted the text from the presentation and have included it in this email.

 

Steve

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2.1 Project Title

… Amendment – Physical layer specification, and

EPON multipoint control protocol extensions, for

EPON protocol operation on coaxial cable plants.

 

5.2 Project Scope

This project adds an RF physical (PHY) layer

specification to the IEEE 802.3-2008 standard for

operation over coaxial cable plants. The PHY layer

specification includes both continuous and burst

modes while supporting operation on both amplified

and passive cable plants. The project specifies

extensions to both MPCP and OAM to support the

RF PHY operation, as needed. The PHY layer will

support upstream and downstream data rates of up to

10 Gb/s.

 

5.4 Purpose

The purpose is to develop an RF PHY layer

specification, with MPCP and OAM extensions, to

extend the EPON protocol for operation on

coaxial cable plants.

 

5.5 Need

In many deployments it would be cost effective to

run EPON on fiber part-way to the customer and

EPOC over coax cable the remainder of the way.

Therefore, there is a need for an RF PHY layer for

running the EPON protocol on a coaxial cable

plant.

 

5.6 Stakeholders

Stakeholders include, but are not limited to, cable

industry multiple system operators (MSOs),

original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and

semiconductor manufacturers.

 

8.1 Explanatory Notes

Section 2.1

EPON is an acronym for Ethernet over Passive Optical Networks

Section 5.2

RF is an acronym for radio frequency

MPCP is an acronym for multipoint control protocol

OAM is an acronym for Operation, Administration and Management

 

 

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