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The following request for agenda time for a "Call for interest" has been received from Eric Lynskey and Glen Kramer. It will be discussed at the IEEE 802 LMSC March 2006 Plenary meeting in Denver, CO, USA. If you have any questions please get in touch with either Eric Lynskey, Glen Kramer or Bob Grow (IEEE 802.3 Chair) directly.
Today, only 18 months after the ratification of IEEE Std 802.3ah - 2004, EPON is enjoying a great commercial success with more than 2 million lines deployed worldwide and close to 10 million CO ports installed. The first cost-effective optical access technology, the EPON has allowed carriers to deploy advanced services, which in turn spurred the demand for yet more capacity. Many carriers and equipment manufacturers believe that a higher-speed EPON is technically feasible, and if standardized, will have a great market potential.
Currently, representatives of the following companies expressed interest in higher speed EPON technologies and are collaborating on CFI presentations: Agilent, Centillium, Conexant, China Telecom, Delta Electronics, ETRI, Fiberxon, Immenstar, ITRI, KDDI, Korea Telecom, Mitsubishi Electric, Salira,Sumitomo Electric, Teknovus, Telecom Malaysia, UNH Interoperability Laboratory.
It is our current view that the higher-speed EPON specification will only focus on defining a new PHY, leaving other EPON sublayers unchanged.
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