T Rec G.9806 202006 I!!pdf e
T Rec G.9806 202006 I!!pdf e
T Rec G.9806 202006 I!!pdf e
ITU-T G.9806
TELECOMMUNICATION (06/2020)
STANDARDIZATION SECTOR
OF ITU
Summary
Recommendation ITU-T G.9806 describes a higher speed bidirectional single fibre point-to-point
optical access system than the data rate in existing ITU-T point-to-point access systems. It supports
10 Gbit/s and above for the optical access services including the optical distribution network (ODN)
specification, the physical layer specification, services requirements and the operation,
administration and maintenance (OAM) specification.
History
Edition Recommendation Approval Study Group Unique ID*
1.0 ITU-T G.9806 2020-06-06 15 11.1002/1000/14196
Keywords
Optical access network, point to point optical transmission, single fibre (aka BiDi), 10 Gbit/s, single
fibre bidirectional transmission.
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NOTE
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telecommunication administration and a recognized operating agency.
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1 Scope
This Recommendation describes a higher speed bidirectional point-to-point (HS-PtP) Ethernet-
based optical access system for the optical access services including the optical distribution network
(ODN) specification, the physical layer specification, services requirements and the operation,
administration and maintenance (OAM) specification.
For an effective use of optical fibres cited in [ITU-T G.986], this Recommendation specifies only a
single fibre bidirectional transmission system, also known as diplex working as defined in
[ITU-T G.982]. Dual-fibre systems are out of the scope of this Recommendation. This
Recommendation also specifies systems with line rate at 10 Gbit/s. Line rates higher than 25 Gbit/s
are for future study.
In addition, this Recommendation describes the case of a single domain managed optical network
unit (ONU) and related optical line termination (OLT) requirements. The case of a dual domain
managed ONU and related OLT requirements are for future study.
2 References
The following ITU-T Recommendations and other references contain provisions which, through
reference in this text, constitute provisions of this Recommendation. At the time of publication, the
editions indicated were valid. All Recommendations and other references are subject to revision;
users of this Recommendation are therefore encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the
most recent edition of the Recommendations and other references listed below. A list of the
currently valid ITU-T Recommendations is regularly published. The reference to a document within
this Recommendation does not give it, as a stand-alone document, the status of a Recommendation.
[ITU-T G.982] Recommendation ITU-T G.982 (1996), Optical access networks to support
services up to the ISDN primary rate or equivalent bit rates.
[ITU-T G.985] Recommendation ITU-T G.985 (2003), 100 Mbit/s point-to-point Ethernet
based optical access system.
[ITU-T G.986] Recommendation ITU-T G.986 (2010), 1 Gbit/s point-to-point Ethernet-based
optical access system.
[ITU-T G.988] Recommendation ITU-T G.988 (2017), ONU management and control
interface (OMCI) specification.
[ITU-T G.9807.1] Recommendation ITU-T G.9807.1 (2016), 10-Gigabit-capable symmetric
passive optical network (XGS-PON).
[IEEE 802] IEEE Standard 802 (2014), IEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area
Networks: Overview and Architecture.
[IEEE 802.3] IEEE Standard 802.3 (2015), IEEE Standard for Information technology –
Telecommunications and information exchange between systems – Local and
metropolitan area networks – Specific requirements Part 3: Carrier Sense
Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and
Physical Layer Specifications.
[BBF TR-156] Broadband Forum Technical Report 156 (2017), Using GPONN Access in the
context of TR-101.
5 Conventions
None.
6 Configuration of an OAN
Clear visual recognition of the pluggable optical modules at both the transmit and receive sides,
shall be provided. Colour coding must enable quick identification of which side of the
point-to-point link the optical module is intended. If different modules are necessary to cover the
full extent of line rates and distances, the colour code must also enable easy identification to avoid
errors in complex inventory situations.
7.8 S/X
See clause 6.8 of [ITU-T G.985].
For the sake of low power consumption and low cost, the OLT CT and ONU adopt an NRZ
modulation at 10 Mbit/s.
The OLT cyclically transmits this PtP OC message once in a second.
The ONU transmits its answer upon OLT implicit prompting.
Upon detection of a valid ONU OC answer message, the OLT performs an estimation of the round-
trip delay and transmits it to the ONU that will acknowledge it.
Upon reception of the ONU acknowledgment of the round-trip delay, both ends enter the "link up"
state of the activation process.
8.3.2 OC message
The PtP OC body content is meant to report to field engineers and ONUs, the nature and the
capabilities of the OLT, in order for the engineers to check the status of the ODN. It also enables a
generic answer to start the "link up" stage of the activation process across future options of this
Recommendation.
The OC structure is shown in Figure 8-4 and the content of the PtP OC body as follows:
PIT, or PTPCT-ID type (8 bits, static, provisioned by the operator): an indication of the ODN
architecture, the source of the reported launch power and the ODN class. The PTPCT-ID type (PIT)
field is further partitioned as follows:
• RE flag (1 bit): indicates whether the transmit optical level (TOL) field contains the launch
power of the OLT (RE = 0) or of a reach extender (RE = 1).
Although the link is likely to be symmetrical in line rates, the clock quality maintaining and the
watchful sleep protocol enabling will remain under control of the OLT.
9.2.3 Switching messages for line rate switching addition to the legacy "watchful sleep"
Ideally the switching does not require any bi-directional messaging exchange; on point to point
switching can rely on simple preliminary redundant and protected announcements by the
transmitter. Nevertheless, to secure switching, it is preferred to get acknowledgement of the process
from the remote end.
In specific case of low power modes in passive optical networks (PONs), operations are handled in
a single PLOAM message per direction. For point to point and here the addition of line rate
switching (LSR) to the existing sleep mode (watchful sleep), this messaging needs to extend the
[ITU-T G.9807.1] PLOAM legacy (dedicated to watchful sleep) and has been therefore re-branded
as "Low power mode" with two messages, one for upstream and the other one for downstream.
In order to avoid multiple mapping of messages, it is proposed to shorten the related PLOAM
messages to 40 bytes for point to point to adopt the mapping used for OMCI described in
clause 8.2.1.
10 Other requirements
Link pass through (LPT) is an optional function in media converters (MCs) to be inherited in the
context of this Recommendation in which MC takes the name of optical line termination (OLT) or
optical network unit (ONU). To obtain interoperability, the function will be fully described in this
clause.
The purpose of LPT is quick detection of link-down on an end-to-end link between two devices
connected to OLT or ONU.
The LPT is restricted to the OLT that does not perform any concentration or multiplexing. Each
optical interface (ANI or S/R) of the OLT corresponds to one service node interface (SNI). LPT is
not applicable for multi-port ONUs.
Layer 2 switches connected to an OLT or ONU generally have difficulties to rapidly detect the link-
down, which results in problems for services with stringent requirements. Therefore, LPT is a
useful function to mitigate these problems.
The expected LPT behaviours of OLT and ONU are as follows:
1) if the ONU detects the link-down on the user network interface UNI, the OLT reflects the
link-down on the related service node interface (SNI) port;
2) if an OLT detects the link-down on the SNI, the ONU reflects the link-down on the related
UNI port;
3) if the OLT detects link-down on the transmission link (ANI or at S/R), the OLT reflects the
link-down on the related SNI;
4) if an ONU detects link-down on the transmission link (ANI or at R/S), the ONU reflects the
link-down on its UNI.
Figure I.1 a) to d) show several failure cases supported by LPT. First, if link-down on the SNI side
of an OLT occurs, the LPT function in the ONU will set the UNI to link-down as described in
Figure I.1 a) and vice versa as in Figure I.1 b). Next, if the link-down on the ODN between an OLT
and an ONU happens, the link-down both on the SNI and the UNI sides will be forced by LPT as
shown in Figure I.1 c). Finally, if the electrical power failure to an ONU occurs, the link-down both
on the SNI is forced by LPT as depicted in Figure I.1 d). Regarding the setting of "enabled" or
"disabled" for LPT, the OLT and the ONU should be independently controlled according to the
operator's choice.
Table I.1 shows various kinds of failure events and examples of the corresponding operations at
OLT and ONU for both "enabled" and "disabled" modes of the LPT function. The operations in this
table are based on the existing OAM functions in [ITU-T G.986].
Table I.1 – Failure events and the corresponding operations at OLT and ONU
Events Operations
LPT enabled LPT disabled
OLT ANI gets down SNI gets administrative down Do nothing
SNI gets down OLT sends administrative UNI Do nothing
down OMCI
OLT receives UNI down SNI gets administrative down Do nothing
notification
OLT receives dying gasp OLT changes ANI status to OLT changes ANI status to
down, and SNI gets down
administrative down
ONU ANI gets down UNI gets administrative down Do nothing
UNI gets down ONU sends UNI link down ONU sends UNI link down
notification notification
ONU receives administrative UNI gets administrative UNI UNI gets administrative UNI
UNI link down OMCI down down
ONU detects power down ONU sends dying gasp ONU sends dying gasp
Table I.2 shows various kinds of recovery events after failure and examples of the corresponding
operations at OLT and ONU for both "enabled" and "disabled" mode of the LPT function. The
operations in this table are based on the existing OAM functions in [ITU-T G.986].
In addition, 1:1 link protection for external devices can be performed as an application of the LPT
function. Figure I.2 shows an example of 1:1 link protection. If link-down occurs on the active line
between two devices, the path of the data transmission will be switched to the protection line.
The ITU and IEEE 802.3 (10G) specification schemes are described in the two equations below.
In the ITU specification scheme:
TxPower – PathLoss – PathPenalty = (Rxsensitivity + TxPenalty) = ITUrxSensitivity (II.1)
In the IEEE (10G) specification scheme:
(TxPower – TxPenalty – PathPenalty) – PathLoss = RxSensitivity (II.2)
Note that TxPower in two equations are not measured the same way and cannot be directly
substitute with each other.
[b-IEEE 802.3az] IEEE Standard 802.3az (2010), IEEE Standard for Information technology –
Telecommunications and information exchange between systems – Local and
metropolitan area networks – Specific requirements Part 3: Carrier Sense
Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and
Physical Layer Specifications Amendment 5: Media Access Control
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