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FlexE Usecases
draft-hussain-ccamp-flexe-usecases-01

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Authors Iftekhar Hussain , Radha Valiveti , Khuzema Pithewan
Last updated 2017-01-08 (Latest revision 2016-07-07)
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Abstract

Traditionally, Ethernet MAC rates were constrained to match the rates of the Ethernet PHY(s). OIF's implementation agreement [OIFMLG3] was the first step in allowing MAC rates to be different than the PHY rates. OIF has recently approved another implementation agreement [OIFFLEXE1] which allows complete decoupling of the MAC data rates and the Ethernet PHY(s) that support them. This includes support for (a) MAC rates which are greater than the rate of a single PHY (satisfied by bonding of multiple PHY(s)), (b) MAC rates which are less than the rate of a PHY (sub-rate), (c) support of multiple FlexE client signals carried over a single PHY, or over a collection of bonded PHY(s). This draft catalogs the usecases that are encountered when these Flexible rate Ethernet client signals are transported over OTN networks.

Authors

Iftekhar Hussain
Radha Valiveti
Khuzema Pithewan

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