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Re: [EFM] Moving forward on extended temperature range optics

Piers et al:
I am underwhelmed by your arguments against this stated objective of our Task Force.  I'm not sure that Ned could support these kind of comments.
To whit:  You state in your response, "Yes support, not mandatory requirement."  May I refresh you on our IEEE 802.3ah Objectives in the very first line:
    "Support subscriber access network topologies:" not just extended temperature.
So if I extrapolate, then you infer from your comment that subscriber access networks are not mandatory.  I'm sure that some in our group may agree with this position and that the customer base for 802.3ah is enterprise.  If so, then I recommend that we change the acronym of our TF from Ethernet in the First Mile to "Ehh Extended Enterprise and Maybe Partial Telecom when it Yields" (EEEMPTY) that is agnostic to the demarc.  That could yield a few TR's

However to get past that, the Objectives state:
    Provide a family of physical layer specifications:
        o 1000BASE-LX extended temperature range optics
I see no use of the word "support" there.
I cannot in any way agree that these "Environmental requirements such as these are out of scope of this standard" any more then First Mile/Last mile environmentals are out of scope.  If we stay on this path, all Service Providers will be "out of scope" and we will be creating yet another standard for Fortune 1000 CIO's.  If some can't stand up to the heat, stay out of the fire, or else, don't argue with those that are willing to work in this environment.   After all, LumiLed does.

Unfortunately, I am a real-time guy that is unable to participate in a real-time mode due to the time difference so I missed the call.
What I have seen this week is eye opening and I will report the same to the March meeting.
Good luck Bruce and thanks for the effort,
Cheers,
Richard
 

piers_dawe@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Bruce, Brian and Richard,

I'd like to point out where this chain of thought goes wrong, especially as the logical disconnects have been repeated later in the thread.  See below:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Tolley [mailto:btolley@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 January 2003 19:59
> To: piers_dawe@agilent.com; stds-802-3-efm@ieee.org
> Subject: [EFM] Moving forward on extended temperature range optics
>
> Piers and all
>
> I gave my self the action to help move forward the outstanding issue
> regarding extended temperature ranges for P2P and P2MP optics
>
> We have an objective to include in our specification of PHYs,
> support for
> extended temperature range optics

Yes.  Support, not mandatory requirement.

> The task force has in the past passed motions to specify EFM
> optics at -40
> to +85 C

To specify the optics, not the temperature.  This is very clear from the January and March 2002 motions.  See e.g. the March Joiner motion "The basis for the first draft of the 802.3ah 1000Base-LX extended temperature objective be met with text that uses 1000Base-LX 5 km single mode specification (clause 38) as the starting point with the following changes and additions:
- Informative temperature range -40-+ 85 deg C
etc

and

January Motion #11
Motion: to create informative annex to address environmental considerations.
Mover: Chris DiMinico
Second: Alan Flatman

> Network operators have on multiple occasions communicated the
> requirement
> for extended temperature solutions.

This is where the logic really falls apart.

First, is it not just a small subset of network operators (US ones) who aren't installing much FTTB.  Other network operators may have different physical strategies, climates, and requirements.

Second, network operators need many things; working capital, fire safety, an electricity supply...  It does not follow that 802.3 is bound to provide any of them.  Environmental requirements such as these are out of scope of this standard - that's why temperature is to be addressed in an informative annex.

Of course, customers will impose environmental requirements in their procurement specs - and Telcordia specs for example are effectively, procurement specs.

> As recently as the Vancouver meeting, several box vendors
> (including me)b
> communicated the requirement for extended temperature range
> optics.

Same lack of connected logic.  Someone's need doesn't mean that 802.3 is bound to supply.  Temperature specs are available in the market from other sources, who have more expertise in the matter.

Piers

> We need
> to agree on a path to move forward.
>
> So if interested parties want to forward to me their email
> addresses, I
> will host a conference call next week dedicated to this
> issue. I think we
> need to focus on a test specified in each PMD clause, to agree on the
> ranges for OLT and ONU optics, to consider the possible
> special case of
> bidis that include 1550 nm DFBs, and to identify any PMD that
> might only
> need to be supported at standard, commercial temperatures.
>
> thanks
>
> Bruce Tolley
> Cisco Systems
>
>   At 04:11 PM 1/8/2003 +0100, piers_dawe@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >G.983.3 refers to ETS 300 019.  This is a very readable series of
> >documents from the European Telecommunications Standards
> Institute, giving
> >a classification of environmental conditions, e.g. weatherprotected
> >locations, non-weatherprotected, underground.  It uses four
> classes of
> >climatic conditions:
> >         "applies to most of Europe"
> >         extended
> >         extremely cold
> >         extremely warm dry
> >
> >And even better, up-to-date drafts are available on the web, e.g. at
> >http://webapp.etsi.org/action%5COP/OP20030321/en_3000190104v0
20101o.pdf .
>
>It is not the business of 802 to pick between these classes but we can
>refer the readers of our standard to this information.
>
>ITU-T and ANSI T1 do not have similar documents.
>
>Both G.983.3 and refer to IEC 60721, classification of environmental
>conditions.
>
>IEC 60721-3-4 - Ed. 2.0  Classification of environmental conditions - Part
>3: Classification of groups of environmental parameters and their
>severities - Section 4: Stationary use at non-weatherprotected
>locations  1995-01 is available for CHF99 at
>https://domino.iec.ch/webstore/webstore.nsf/artnum/019208 .
>
>Piers

Bruce Tolley
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Gigabit Systems Business Unit
Cisco Systems
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