Highlights - ITU-T Question 17/15 Optical Components and Subsystems Jim Matthews III Corning Incorporated Jim Matthews III Corning Incorporated

Standards Engineering Corning Incorporated Field of Work Optical Components –ITU-T Recommendation G.671 –Transmission Characteristics Of Optical Components And Subsystems Optical Subsystems –ITU-T Recommendation G.661: Definition and test methods for the relevant generic parameters of optical amplifiers. –ITU-T Recommendation G.662: Generic characteristics of optical amplifier devices and subsystems. – ITU-T Recommendation G.663: Application related aspects of optically amplified devices and sub-systems Optical Components –ITU-T Recommendation G.671 –Transmission Characteristics Of Optical Components And Subsystems Optical Subsystems –ITU-T Recommendation G.661: Definition and test methods for the relevant generic parameters of optical amplifiers. –ITU-T Recommendation G.662: Generic characteristics of optical amplifier devices and subsystems. – ITU-T Recommendation G.663: Application related aspects of optically amplified devices and sub-systems

Standards Engineering Corning Incorporated Optical Components Text of Revised Draft Rec. G.671 Agreed May 2002 –Originally Passive Components –Passive / Active vs Point to Point / Networking –Now: ALL components Definitions and Terms (Tied to IEC SC86B) Table of Functional Requirements –Values: Specific or SBA (Specified By Application) Text of Revised Draft Rec. G.671 Agreed May 2002 –Originally Passive Components –Passive / Active vs Point to Point / Networking –Now: ALL components Definitions and Terms (Tied to IEC SC86B) Table of Functional Requirements –Values: Specific or SBA (Specified By Application)

Standards Engineering Corning Incorporated Recommendation G.671 Device Types: –Optical add/drop multiplexer (OADM) subsystem –Asymmetric branching component –Optical attenuator –Optical branching component (wavelength non-selective) –Optical connector –Dynamic channel equaliser (DCE) –Optical filter –Optical isolator –Passive (chromatic) dispersion compensator –Optical splice –Optical switch –Optical termination –Tuneable filter –Optical wavelength multiplexer (MUX) / demultiplexer (DMUX) Coarse WDM (CWDM) device, Dense WDM (DWDM) device, Wide WDM (WWDM) device –Optical add/drop multiplexer (OADM) subsystem –Asymmetric branching component –Optical attenuator –Optical branching component (wavelength non-selective) –Optical connector –Dynamic channel equaliser (DCE) –Optical filter –Optical isolator –Passive (chromatic) dispersion compensator –Optical splice –Optical switch –Optical termination –Tuneable filter –Optical wavelength multiplexer (MUX) / demultiplexer (DMUX) Coarse WDM (CWDM) device, Dense WDM (DWDM) device, Wide WDM (WWDM) device

Standards Engineering Corning Incorporated ITU-T Question 17/15 Highlights - Next Steps New Work on Appendix II for Recommendation G.663 –Enable 40 GB/s Applications –PMD Requirements (Align to IEC Document) Revise Rec. G.661 and G.662? –Same as IEC –Collaboration with IEC SC86C / WG3 Possible Supplement on Raman Amplification Possible New Recommendation on PMD Compensators New Work on Appendix II for Recommendation G.663 –Enable 40 GB/s Applications –PMD Requirements (Align to IEC Document) Revise Rec. G.661 and G.662? –Same as IEC –Collaboration with IEC SC86C / WG3 Possible Supplement on Raman Amplification Possible New Recommendation on PMD Compensators

Standards Engineering Corning Incorporated Next Meeting Experts Meeting - Santa Rosa, CA USA (7 October, 2002) –Annex or Corrigenda to G.663 / Appendix II –Progress on Supplement on Raman Amplification –Possible New Recommendation on PMD Compensators –Future revisions of Recommendations G.661 and G.662 on Optical Amplifiers Next ITU-T Plenary - January 2003 (Geneva) Experts Meeting - Santa Rosa, CA USA (7 October, 2002) –Annex or Corrigenda to G.663 / Appendix II –Progress on Supplement on Raman Amplification –Possible New Recommendation on PMD Compensators –Future revisions of Recommendations G.661 and G.662 on Optical Amplifiers Next ITU-T Plenary - January 2003 (Geneva)