MRV unveils EM316EUSM-10G Ethernet Universal Service Module/BroadLight launches BL23500 40-nm GPON processor family
AUGUST 2, 2010 — MRV Communications, Inc., has announced its new Fiber Driver EM316EUSM-10G, a 10-Gbps (10G) Ethernet Universal Service Module (EUSM) for provisioning Metro Ethernet Forum-compliant high-speed transparent Ethernet private line (EPL) services in bookend pair applications.
The EM316EUSM-10G is MRV’s latest addition to its suite of intelligent media converter-based optical Ethernet systems. The product also complements the company’s OptiSwitch intelligent 10G Ethernet demarcation series.
Located at the edge of the customer premises, the EM316EUSM-10G CO/CPE pair provides a carrier-to-customer network interface that separates the upstream WAN from the downstream network, which can be either a customer LAN or a peer carrier network. The bookend EUSM approach uses extended IEEE 802.3ah operation, administration, and maintenance protocols to fully manage both ends of the point-to-point fiber-optic link. Central office and customer premises link ports on the respective modules are controlled similarly from the managed side of the link, MRV says.
The module offers configuration flexibility with two modular SFP+ access ports, interoperable with 10G Ethernet interfaces, and two redundant modular XFP ports that support 10G Ethernet traffic over a variety of optical links up to 100 km including gray wavelengths and DWDM. With native support for jumbo packet sizes up to 9,600 bytes, the EM316EUSM-10G also supports such Ethernet services as distributed video and network storage arrays and provides low latency of 600 ns.
“With the market for 10G Ethernet services growing rapidly, our customers are seeing an increased demand for these services, and they need a more affordable system for deployment,” said Dilip Singh, chief executive officer of MRV. “With the EM316EUSM-10G, our customers are able to deliver premium services while reducing overall operating and capital expenses.”
AUGUST 2, 2010 By Stephen Hardy — GPON chip vendor BroadLight has unveiled the BL23500, its third-generation GPON processor family.
The BL23500 devices, made via a 40-nm process, will combine a MIPS controller, the in-house developed RunnerGrid Network Processor, and a VoIP DSP, says Didi Ivancovsky, BroadLight founder and vice president of marketing. BroadLight will target the device family at both GPON ONTs and residential gateways. The first members of the chip family will become available during the fourth quarter of this year.
The SoCs will feature the new “Lilac” version of the RunnerGrid Network Processor, which boasts 2000 DMIPS and 15 Mpps, Ivancovsky says.
The BL23500 family will include:
The 16×16-mm BL23570 for GPON VoIP SFU/gateway applications
The 24×24-mm BL23530 for GPON VoIP SFUs designs
The 16×16-mm BL23550 for GPON MDU applications
The 16×16-mm BL23580, a GPON VoIP SFU/gateway application processor
The 10×10-mm BL23510, for GPON SFU and SFP transceiver designs.
The first two devices on this list should be available by the end of this year, with the rest following in 2011, according to Ivancovsky.
The GPON processor family will be compatible with all OLTs on the market, support Active Ethernet applications, and feature a variety of power-saving features (including Energy Efficient Ethernet and power-saving modes) that make it the lowest-power family available, Ivancovsky asserts.
“Lower power consumption is a big selling point for operators looking for high-performance, low-cost, mass-market solutions,” said Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband and video at Infonetics Research. “BroadLight’s third-generation 40-nm GPON processor family is an optimized solution taking operators’ needs into consideration and applying them to innovative new fiber access processors that deliver service processing capabilities, field proven interoperability, and low power consumption at very low costs.”
BroadLight also will leverage a consolidated software platform designed to enable a single software development environment for rapid development of SFU/gateway/MDU designs. The platform includes a highly interoperable OMCI provisioning stack as well as a residential gateway stack.
