IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Ethernet Amendment 11: Bidirectional 100 Gb/s Optical Access PHYs

The information about the standard:

Designation standards: IEEE P802.3dk
Note: Change
Publication date standards: 24.4.2026
Approximate weight : 300 g (0.66 lbs)
Country: International technical standard
Category: Technical standards IEEE

Annotation of standard text IEEE P802.3dk :

Amendment Standard - Active - Draft.
This amendment to IEEE Std 802.3-2022 adds Physical Layer specifications and management parameters for 100 Gb/s Ethernet optical interfaces for bidirectional operation over a single strand of single-mode fiber with reaches of at least 10 km, 20 km, and 40 km

ISBN: 979-8-8557-3046-3
Number of Pages: 88
Product Code: STDAPE28592
Keywords: bidirectional (BiDi), multi-gigabit Ethernet bidirectional Physical Layers, 100GBASEBR10, 100GBASE-BR20, 100GBASE-BR40, forward error correction (FEC), Optical Line Terminal (OLT), Optical Network Unit (ONU), Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS), Physical Medium Attachment (PMA), Physical Medium Dependent (PMD)
Category: 802.3
Draft Number: P802.3dk/D3.4, Jan 2026 - APPROVED DRAFT