SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ethernet?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#Ethernetlt;/agt;–Industry leading organizations, OIF
and the Ethernet
Alliance, today announced an interoperating 400 Gbps Ethernet (400
GbE) network demonstration at OFC
in San Diego, CA, March 5-7, 2019. The joint demonstration will feature
Flex Ethernet (FlexE) traffic sent over three bonded and subrated 100
GbE interfaces streaming over the Ethernet Alliance 400 GbE network with
interconnection between the OIF and Ethernet Alliance booths on the show
floor.

The demonstration is designed to showcase the Ethernet Alliance’s IEEE
802.3bs 400 Gbps network and OIF’s FlexE 2.0 Implementation Agreement
(IA).

“The Ethernet Alliance’s 400 GbE network over the OFC exhibit floor is
the perfect setting to illustrate the real-world features and
capabilities of the OIF FlexE 2.0 IA that allows network operators to
tailor their traffic while still leveraging Ethernet,” according to
Nathan Tracy, OIF’s President and Technologist at TE Connectivity. “The
Ethernet Alliance’s deployment of the 400 GbE network at OFC combined
with OIF’s FlexE demonstration illustrates the coincident availability
of these new technologies.”

“We’re pleased to be able to make our 400 GbE network available to the
OIF for this demonstration at OFC,” said Ethernet Alliance chairman John
D’Ambrosia. “We applaud the OIF for its work in leveraging 100 GbE and
400 GbE in its FlexE 2.0 implementation agreement. Their efforts will
increase the capabilities of these solutions to help address the market
needs of the Next Ethernet Era.“

The member companies participating in the OIF demo, booth #6215, include
Amphenol, Cisco, Credo Semiconductor (HK) LTD, Finisar, Inphi, Juniper
Networks, Keysight Technologies, Molex, Spirent Communications, TE
Connectivity, VIAVI Solutions, Xilinx and YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS. For more
info on OIF’s activities at OFC, please visit https://www.oiforum.com/meetings-events/oif-ofc-2019/

Happening in booth #4749, the Ethernet Alliance’s OFC 2019 demo
incorporates equipment and solutions from 21 different companies:
Amphenol Corporation; Anritsu Corporation; Arista Networks, Inc.; Cisco;
Credo Semiconductor, Inc.; EXFO, Inc.; Finisar; Intel Corporation; Ixia
/ Keysight Technologies, Inc.; Juniper Networks, Inc.; Lumentum Holdings
Inc.; Nexans S.A.; Panduit Corp.; Source Photonics Inc.; Spectra7
Microsystems Ltd.; Spirent Communications; TE Connectivity Ltd.;
Tektronix, Inc.; Teledyne LeCroy, Inc.; VIAVI Solutions, Inc. and
Xilinx, Inc.

About
OIF

Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) is where the optical networking
industry’s interoperability work gets done. Celebrating 20 years of
effecting progressive change in the industry, OIF represents the dynamic
ecosystem of 100+ industry leading network operators, system vendors,
component vendors and test equipment vendors, all collaborating to
develop interoperable electrical, optical and control solutions that
directly impact the industry’s ecosystem and facilitate global
connectivity in the open network world. Connect with OIF at @OIForum,
on LinkedIn
and at https://www.oiforum.com/.

About
the Ethernet Alliance

The Ethernet Alliance is a global consortium that includes system and
component vendors, industry experts, and university and government
professionals who are committed to the continued success and expansion
of Ethernet technology. The Ethernet Alliance takes Ethernet standards
to market by supporting activities that span from incubation of new
Ethernet technologies to interoperability demonstrations and education.

Contacts

Leah Wilkinson
Wilkinson + Associates for OIF
[email protected]
703-907-0010