Standardization
The Ethernet in the first mile task force of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 standards committeee published standards that included a passive optical network (PON) variant in 2004. In March 2006, the IEEE 802.3 held a call for interest for a 10 Gbit/s Ethernet PON study group. According to the CFI materials, representatives from the following companies supported the formation of the study group: Advance/Newhouse Communications, Aeluros, Agilent, Allied Telesyn, Alloptic, Ample Communications, Astar-ODSM, Broadcom, Centillium Communications, China Netcom, China Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco Systems, ClariPhy Communications, Conexant Systems, Corecess, Corning, Delta Electronics, ETRI, Fiberxon, FOTEK Optoelectronics, ImmenStar, Infinera, ITRI, KDDI R&D Labs., K-Opticom, Korea Telecom, NEC, OpNext, Picolight, Quake Technologies, Salira Systems, Samsung Electronics, Softbank BB, Teknovus, Teranetics, Texas Instruments, Telecom Malaysia, TranSwitch, UNH IOL, UTStarcom, Vitesse.
By September 2006, IEEE 802.3 formed the 802.3av task force to produce a draft standard. In September 2009, the IEEE 802 Plenary ratified an amendment to 802.3 to make 802.3av-2009 a standard.
Major milestones:
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| September 2006 | IEEE 802.3av task force was formed and met in Knoxville, Tennessee. |
| December 2007 | Draft D1.0 produced. |
| July 2008 | Draft D2.0 produced. Working Group balloting began. |
| November 2008 | Cut-off date for last technical change |
| January 2009 | Draft D3.0 produced. Sponsor balloting began. |
| September 2009 | Standard approved. |
In March 2012 the 802.3bk task force was formed to add extended power budget classes of PX30, PX40, PRX40, and PR40.
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