ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3:2021/Amd 11:2022
(Amendment)Telecommunications and exchange between information technology systems — Requirements for local and metropolitan area networks — Part 3: Standard for Ethernet — Amendment 11: Physical layers and management parameters for 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s operation over single-mode fiber at 100 Gb/s per wavelength
Telecommunications and exchange between information technology systems — Requirements for local and metropolitan area networks — Part 3: Standard for Ethernet — Amendment 11: Physical layers and management parameters for 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s operation over single-mode fiber at 100 Gb/s per wavelength
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INTERNATIONAL ISO/
STANDARD IEC/IEEE
8802-3
Third edition
2021-02
AMENDMENT
2022-07
Telecommunications and exchange
between information technology
systems — Requirements for local and
metropolitan area networks —
Part 3:
Standard for Ethernet
AMENDMENT 11: Physical layers and
management parameters for 100 Gb/s
and 400 Gb/s operation over single-
mode fiber at 100 Gb/s per wavelength
Télécommunications et échange entre systèmes informatiques —
Exigences pour les réseaux locaux et métropolitains —
Partie 3: Norme pour Ethernet
AMENDEMENT 11: Couches physiques et paramètres de gestion pour
le fonctionnement à 100 Gb/s et 400 Gb/s sur fibre unimodale à 100
Gb/s par longueur d'onde
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IEEE Std 802.3cu™-2021
(Amendment to IEEE Std 802.3™-2018
as amended by IEEE Std 802.3cb™-2018,
IEEE Std 802.3bt™-2018,
IEEE Std 802.3cd™-2018,
IEEE Std 802.3cn™-2019,
IEEE Std 802.3cg™-2019,
IEEE Std 802.3cq™-2020,
IEEE Std 802.3cm™-2020,
IEEE Std 802.3ch™-2020,
IEEE Std 802.3ca™-2020,
and IEEE Std 802.3cr™-2020)
IEEE Standard for Ethernet
Amendment 11:
Physical Layers and Management
Parameters for 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s
Operation over Single-Mode Fiber at
100 Gb/s per Wavelength
Developed by the
LAN/MAN Standards Committee
of the
IEEE Computer Society
Approved 9 February 2021
IEEE SA Standards Board
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Abstract: This amendment to IEEE Std 802.3-2018 adds Physical Layer specifications an d
management parameters for 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s Ethernet optical interfaces for reaches up to
10 km based on 100 Gb/s per wavelength optical signaling.
Keywords: 100 Gb/s Ethernet, 100GBASE-FR1, 100GBASE-LR1, 400 Gb/s Ethernet,
400GBASE-FR4, 400GBASE-LR4-6, Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE), Ethernet, forward error
correction (FEC), IEEE 802.3™, IEEE 802.3cu™, PAM4, Physical Medium Dependent (PMD)
sublayer, single-mode fiber (SMF)
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Participants
The following individuals were officers and members of the IEEE 802.3 Working Group at the beginning of
the IEEE P802.3cu Working Group ballot.
David J. Law, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Chair
Adam Healey, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Vice-Chair
Jon Lewis, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Secretary
Steven B. Carlson, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Executive Secretary
Valerie Maguire, IEEE 802.3 Working Group Treasurer
Mark Nowell, IEEE P802.3cu 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s over SMF at 100 Gb/s per Wavelength
Task Force Chair
Gary Nicholl, IEEE P802.3cu 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s over SMF at 100 Gb/s per Wavelength Task Force
Editor-in-Chief
David Lewis, IEEE P802.3cu 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s over SMF at 100 Gb/s per Wavelength Task Force
Editor
Hideki Goto Mike-Peng Li
David Abramson
Pete Anslow Steffen Graber Alex Lin
Michikazu Aono Olaf Grau Hai-Feng Liu
Nobuyasu Araki Robert Grow William Lo
Kent Lusted
Tim Baggett Martin Gubow
Jeffery Maki
Thananya Baldwin Mark Gustlin
David Malicoat
Steven Baumgartner Marek Hajduczenia
Eric Maniloff
Denis Beaudoin Howard Heck
Flavio Marques
Gitesh Bhagwat Brian Holden
Arthur Marris
Bernd Horrmeyer
Rich Boyer
Takeo Masuda
Yasuhiro Hyakutake
David Brandt
Mick McCarthy
Ralf-Peter Braun Jonathan Ingham
Brett McClellan
Theodore Brillhart Kazuhiko Ishibe
Larry McMillan
Paul Brooks Hideki Isono
Richard Mellitz
Matthew Brown Tom Issenhuth
Shimon Muller
Jairo Bustos Heredia Hiroaki Ito
James Nadolny
Adrian Butter Kenneth Jackson
Edward Nakamoto
Clark Carty Andrew Jimenez
Paul Neveux
David Chalupsky John Johnson
Gary Nicholl
Jacky Chang Chad Jones
Shawn Nicholl
Peter Jones
Xin Chang
Kevin Noll
Lokesh Kabra
Chan Chen
David Ofelt
Golam Choudhury Haysam Kadry
Ryo Okabe
Keng Hua Chuang Manabu Kagami
Tom Palkert
John D'Ambrosia Upen Kareti
Carlos Pardo
Piers Dawe Athanasios Kasapi
Earl Parsons
Fred Dawson Yong Kim
Gerald Pepper
Gerrit den Besten Mark Kimber
David Piehler
Claudio DeSanti Michael Klempa
Fabio Pittala
Curtis Donahue Curtis Knittle
Christopher Pohl
Liang Du Elizabeth Kochuparambil
William Powell
Kathryn Dube Sam Kocsis
Rick Rabinovich
Wojciech Koczwara
Frank Effenberger
Parthasarathy Raju
David Estes Paul Kolesar
Adee Ran
John Ewen Taiji Kondo
Alon Regev
Vincent Ferretti Daniel Koppermueller
Duane Remein
Brian Franchuk Glen Kramer
Victor Renteria
Matthias Fritsche Taketo Kumada
Thomas Rettig
Takashi Fukuoka Hans Lackner
Hamid Salehi
Ali Ghiasi Frank Lambrecht
Sam Sambasivan
Joel Goergen Mark Laubach
Edward Sayre
Steven Gorshe Greg Le Cheminant
Matthew Schmitt
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Hossein Sedarat Tadashi Takahashi Xuehuan Wang
Masood Shariff Kazuya Takayama Dong Wei
Matthias Wendt
Masato Shiino Michael Takefman
Natalie Wienckowski
Ramin Shirani Masaru Terada
Dance Wu
Kapil Shrikhande Geoffrey Thompson
Peter Wu
Jeff Slavick Pirooz Tooyserkani
Dayin Xu
Scott Sommers Nathan Tracy
Yu Xu
Edward Sprague David Tremblay
Lennart Yseboodt
Peter Stassar Stephen Trowbridge
Conrad Zerna
Heath Stewart Mike Tu
Xingxin Zhang
Junqing Sun Ed Ulrichs
Chunhui Zhu
Steve Swanson Alexander Umnov
Yan Zhuang
Tomoo Takahara Edward Walter
Martin Zielinski
Satoshi Takahashi Roy Wang
George Zimmerman
The following members of the individual balloting committee voted on this standard. Balloters may have
voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention.
Robert Aiello Peter Jones David Piehler
Thomas Alexander Lokesh Kabra Rick Pimpinella
Ralf-Peter Braun Piotr Karocki R. K. Rannow
Theodore Brillhart Stuart Kerry Alon Regev
Matthew Brown Yong Kim Maximilian Riegel
Jairo Bustos Heredia Mark Laubach Robert Robinson
William Byrd David J. Law Roberto Rodes
Steven B. Carlson Pi-Cheng Law Toshiaki Sakai
Clark Carty Hyeong Ho Lee Olindo Savi
Pin Chang David Lewis Jason Shriver
Chan Chen Jon Lewis Scott Sommers
Charles Cook Karen Liu Peter Stassar
Kent Lusted
Piers Dawe Walter Struppler
Valerie Maguire
John Deandrea Mitsutoshi Sugawara
Jeffery Maki
Michael Dudek Kohichi Tamura
Michael Maytum
Avraham Freedman James Theodoras
Brett McClellan
Matthias Fritsche Nathan Tracy
Jonathon Mclendon
Robert Grow David Tremblay
Joseph Gwinn Richard Mellitz Stephen Trowbridge
Xiang He Guangcan Mi Mark-Rene Uchida
Adam Healey Tremont Miao John Vergis
Marco Hernandez Raymond Nering Ruoxu Wang
David Hess Gary Nicholl Brian Welch
Werner Hoelzl Nick S. A. Nikjoo Andreas Wolf
Thomas Huber Mark Nowell Peter Wu
Yasuhiro Hyakutake Satoshi Obara James Young
Jonathan Ingham Tom Palkert Yu Yuan
Osamu Ishida Carlos Pardo Oren Yuen
Hideki Isono Earl Parsons Bo Zhang
Chad Jones Bansi Patel Pavel Zivny
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When the IEEE SA Standards Board approved this standard on 9 February 2021, it had the following
membership:
Gary Hoffman, Chair
Vacant Position, Vice Chair
John D. Kulick, Past Chair
Konstantinos Karachalios, Secretary
Edward A. Addy Daozhuang Lin Dorothy Stanley
Doug Edwards Kevin Lu Mehmet Ulema
Ramy Ahmed Fathy Daleep C. Mohla Lei Wang
J. Travis Griffith Chenhui Niu F. Keith Waters
Joseph L. Koepfinger* Damir Novosel Karl Weber
Thomas Koshy Annette Reilly Sha Wei
David J. Law Jon Walter Rosdahl Howard Wolfman
Howard Li Daidi Zhong
*Member Emeritus
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Introduction
This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 802.3cu-2021, IEEE Standard for Ethernet—Amendment 11: Physical
Layers and Management Parameters for 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s Operation over Single-Mode Fiber at 100 Gb/s per
Wavelength.
IEEE Std 802.3™ was first published in 1985. Since the initial publication, many projects have added
functionality or provided maintenance updates to the specifications and text included in the standard. Each
IEEE 802.3 project/amendment is identified with a suffix (e.g., IEEE Std 802.3ba™-2010).
The half duplex Media Access Control (MAC) protocol specified in IEEE Std 802.3-1985 is Carrier Sense
Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD). This MAC protocol was key to the experimental
Ethernet developed at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, which had a 2.94 Mb/s data rate. Ethernet at
10 Mb/s was jointly released as a public specification by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Intel and
Xerox in 1980. Ethernet at 10 Mb/s was approved as an IEEE standard by the IEEE Standards Board in 1983
and subsequently published in 1985 as IEEE Std 802.3-1985. Since 1985, new media options, new speeds of
operation, and new capabilities have been added to IEEE Std 802.3. A full duplex MAC protocol was added
in 1997.
Some of the major additions to IEEE Std 802.3 are identified in the marketplace with their project number.
This is most common for projects adding higher speeds of operation or new protocols. For example, IEEE
Std 802.3u™ added 100 Mb/s operation (also called Fast Ethernet), IEEE Std 802.3z added 1000 Mb/s
operation (also called Gigabit Ethernet), IEEE Std 802.3ae added 10 Gb/s operation (also called 10 Gigabit
Ethernet), IEEE Std 802.3ah™ specified access network Ethernet (also called Ethernet in the First Mile) and
IEEE Std 802.3ba added 40 Gb/s operation (also called 40 Gigabit Ethernet) and 100 Gb/s operation (also
called 100 Gigabit Ethernet). These major additions are all now included in and are superseded by IEEE St d
802.3-2018 and are not maintained as separate documents.
At the date of IEEE Std 802.3cu-2021 publication, IEEE Std 802.3 was composed of the following
documents:
IEEE Std 802.3-2018
Section One—Includes Clause 1 through Clause 20 and Annex A through Annex H and Annex 4A.
Section One includes the specifications for 10 Mb/s operation and the MAC, frame formats and service
interfaces used for all speeds of operation.
Section Two—Includes Clause 21 through Clause 33 and Annex 22A through Annex 33E. Sectio n
Two includes management attributes for multiple protocols and speed of operation as well as
specifications for providing power over twisted pair cabling for multiple operational speeds. It also
includes general information on 100 Mb/s operation as well as most of the 100 Mb/s Physical Layer
specifications.
Section Three—Includes Clause 34 through Clause 43 and Annex 36A through Annex 43C. Section
Three includes general information on 1000 Mb/s operation as well as most of the 1000 Mb/s Physical
Layer specifications.
Section Four—Includes Clause 44 through Clause 55 and Annex 44A through Annex 55B. Section
Four includes general information on 10 Gb/s operation as well as most of the 10 Gb/s Physical Layer
specifications.
Section Five—Includes Clause 56 through Clause 77 and Annex 57A through Annex 76A. Clause 56
through Clause 67 and Clause 75 through Clause 77, as well as associated annexes, specify subscriber
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access and other Physical Layers and sublayers for operation from 512 kb/s to 10 Gb/s, and defines
services and protocol elements that enable the exchange of IEEE Std 802.3 format frames between
stations in a subscriber access network. Clause 68 specifies a 10 Gb/s Physical Layer specification.
Clause 69 through Clause 74 and associated annexes specify Ethernet operation over electrical
backplanes at speeds of 1000 Mb/s and 10 Gb/s.
Section Six—Includes Clause 78 through Clause 95 and Annex 83A through Annex 93C. Clause 78
specifies Energy-Efficient Ethernet. Clause 79 specifies IEEE 802.3 Organizationally Specific Link
Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) type, length, and value (TLV) information elements. Clause 80
through Clause 95 and associated annexes include general information on 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s
operation as well the 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Physical Layer specifications. Clause 90 specifies Ethernet
support for time synchronization protocols.
Section Seven—Includes Clause 96 through Clause 115 and Annex 97A through Annex 115A.
Clause 96 through Clause 98, Clause 104, and associated annexes, specify Physical Layers and
optional features for 100 Mb/s and 1000 Mb/s operation over a single twisted pair. Clause 100 throug h
Clause 103, as well as associated annexes, specify Physical Layers for the operation of the EPON
protocol over coaxial distribution network
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