Open XR Optics Forum sets management requirements for next-gen pluggable transceivers

The Open XR Optics Forum has completed its Management Requirements White Paper, providing its members and the optical industry with a guide on leveraging pluggable transceivers.

This paper aims to provide an evaluation of the management interface and API requirements to advance the development and adoption of next-generation advanced pluggable transceivers, including Open XR optics products and services.

Jointly written by 17 authors from 13 forum member companies, the group includes representatives from not only vendors like Apresiasystems, Edgecore, and Furukawa Electric but also a host of Tier 1 service providers, including BT, Colt, Crown Castle, KDDI, Lumen, Telefonica, and Verizon.

There are four main issues the white paper seeks to address:

·       Management: The white paper lays a foundation for managing all next-generation advanced pluggable transceivers, ensuring seamless integration and interoperability across multi-vendor environments.

·       Multivendor integration: Emphasizing the importance of decoupling host and module functionalities, the white paper lays the groundwork for a multivendor operational environment and seamless automation of Open XR Optics networks.

·       Industry-standard alignment: The white paper ensures that Open XR management requirements are reflected in API and data model definitions, aligning closely with existing industry standards to facilitate smooth network evolution.

·       Future Steps: The document also recommends further evaluation and standards activities, including analyzing potential gaps in the OpenConfig definition and proposing extensions to OpenConfig to support XR Optics functionality.

Open XR Optics Forum was founded to foster collaboration among its members, facilitating the adoption and accelerating the growth of network architectures leveraging intelligent point-to-point and point-to-multipoint coherent pluggable transceivers.

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