Optical Ethernet

Presented by
KRUNAL JABADE
(3AE15EC030)

Under the Guidance of

Prof. Anuradha
Contents
Introduction
Block diagram
Technology
Optical Ethernet today
Recent trends
Advantages and disadvantages
Applications
Introduction
Optical Ethernet is the technology that extends
Ethernet beyond the local-area network (LAN)
and into metropolitan-area networks (MANs) and
wide-area networks (WANs).
While Ethernet LANs are almost exclusively used
within the enterprise, optical Ethernet technology
can be used as a service provider offering.
They combine the flexibility, simplicity and cost
effectiveness of Ethernet with the reliability,
speed and reach of optics to allow users to
extend their LAN environment across the MAN
and WAN.
Block diagram
 Fast Ethernet switch with a speed of 10/100 Mbps

Gigabit Ethernet switch with a speed of 10/100/1000 Mbps

 A fiber media converter is a simple networking device that connects
and translates signals between fiber optic cabling and another type of
cabling media such as UTP (unshielded twisted pair) copper Ethernet
cables

SFP modules are made to support singlemode and multimode fiber. It

works with simplex and duplex. Wavelength options range from 850 nm
to 1550nm. Networking ranges are anywhere from around 500 meters to
over 100 km.
Technology
 In 1983, the IEEE 802 Local-Area
Network/Metropolitan-Area Network
Standards Committee (LMSC) released the
802.3 standard for Ethernet—a shared
medium for LANs using a distributed media
access control (MAC) mechanism.
 Ethernet was defined as an open standard
in the early 1980s by a consortium
comprised of Digital Equipment Corp., Intel.
PREAMBLE – Ethernet frame starts with 7-Bytes Preamble. This
is a pattern of alternative 0’s and 1’s which indicates starting of
the frame and allow sender and receiver to establish bit
synchronization. But today’s high-speed Ethernet don’t need
Preamble to protect the frame bits.
Start of frame delimiter (SFD) – This is a 1-Byte field which is
always set to 10101011. SFD indicates that upcoming bits are
starting of the frame, which is the destination address.
Destination Address – This is 6-Byte field which contains the
MAC address of machine for which data is destined.
Source Address – This is a 6-Byte field which contains the MAC
address of source machine.
 Length – Length is a 2-Byte field, which indicates the
length of entire Ethernet frame.
Data – This is the place where actual data is inserted,
also known as Payload. Both IP header and data will be
inserted here if Internet Protocol is used over Ethernet.
Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) – CRC is 4 Byte field.
This field contains a 32-bits hash code of data, which is
generated over the Destination Address, Source Address,
Length, and Data field. If the checksum computed by
destination is not the same as sent checksum value,
data received is corrupted.
Bandwidth Growth Timeline
Optical Ethernet Today
Optical Ethernet systems are evolving
beyond mere optical links that
interconnect isolated LANs.
Rather, they are becoming systems in
themselves, providing scale and
functionality that is simply not feasible
with copper-based Ethernet, including
those linked by routers.
Local Area Network(LAN).
Campus Area Network(CAN).
Metropolitan Area
Network(MAN).
Wide Area Network(WAN).
Figure . LAN–CAN–MAN–WAN
Recent Trends

Optical Ethernet Switches

GBIC Modules
10-Gigabit Ethernet Proposed
Standards(802.3ae)
10-Gigabit Ethernet May Be Optical
Only
Advantages
Optical Ethernet is beginning to revolutionize
metropolitan-area networks by delivering very high
bandwidths - 100M bit/sec, 1G bit/sec or even higher -
across cities and regions, Optical Ethernet networks
can easily handle the needs of both data and circuit
switched or voice applications..
Ethernet is a simple and widely understood
technology.
Ethernet is the best technology for carrying IP traffic -
Ethernet and IP have grown up together.
Optical Ethernet networks can easily handle the needs
of both data and circuit-switched or voice applications.
Circuit traffic requires only modest bandwidth.
Disadvantages
Difficult to Splice
Expensive to Install
Can’t Be Curved
Applications
1.OPTICAL ETHERNET FOR SERVICE PROVIDER
As a result of ethernet expansion into MAN and across
the WAN service providers are looking for ways to
provide connectivity services across the metro
bottleneck between their enterprise customers and the
service provider’s backbone.
2.OPTICAL ETHERNET FOR ENTERPRISES
Optical Ethernet an enterprise can break the bandwidth
bottleneck by exploiting the simplicity of ethernet across
the MAN and WAN . Optical ethernet allows businesses to
seamlessly expand their ethernet LANs across the metro
backbone and obtain cost effective network connectivity
to enable a set of value added services and application.
 Conclusion

Optical Ethernet represents one of the

most interesting solutions for high-speed
and reliable data communication. Impact
of data loss is huge that is way different
types of protection techniques have been
adopted to overcome the problem of
failure.
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