	US 7,580,637 B2
	Systems and methods for the integration of framing, OAM and P, and forward error correction in pluggable optical transceiver devices
Siraj Nour El-Ahmadi, Dallas, Tex. (US); Salam El-Ahmadi, Dallas, Tex. (US); Gabriel E. Cardona, Richardson, Tex. (US); and Adam R. Hotchkiss, Richardson, Tex. (US)
Assigned to Menara Networks, Inc., Dallas, Tex. (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/581,201.
Prior Publication US 2008/0089693 A1, Apr. 17, 2008
Int. Cl. H04B 10/24 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 398—135

23 Claims

1. A pluggable optical transceiver defined by a multi-source agreement, the pluggable optical transceiver comprising

integrated circuitry configured to frame a signal with overhead for operations, administration, maintenance, & provisioning (OAM&P) functions necessary for optical transport networks (OTN) applications and to process OAM&P data within the pluggable optical transceiver, wherein the integrated circuitry is configured to frame the signal with a G.709 frame and the overhead comprises G.709 management data; and

a communication mechanism compliant to the multi-source agreement, wherein the communication mechanism is adapted to communicate the processed OAM&P data to a host system;

wherein the pluggable optical transceiver with the integrated circuitry and the communication mechanism preserves the specifications for the multi-source agreement defining the pluggable optical transceiver;

wherein a subset of the G.709 management data is accessible and terminated on the pluggable optical transceiver; wherein the subset is selected responsive to limitations in the communication mechanism of the multi-source agreement; and wherein the G.709 management data is communicated through mechanisms fully supported by the multi-source agreement with only software re-design in the host system.