Beijing March 31st 2014

The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group plenary has authorized formation of a Study Group to develop a Project Authorization Request (PAR) and Criteria for Standards Development (CSD) document for Gigabit Ethernet over Plastic Optical Fiber.

This is the first step towards the standardization of 1 Gbps over POF as part of the Ethernet set of technologies. The motion was supported by engineering experts belonging to major companies around the Ethernet equipment and technologies market which see the 1 Gbps over POF technology as a promising new Ethernet physical layer on markets like Automotive, Home and SOHO networks and Industrial environments.

The Study Group will review the broad market potential and the technical and economical feasibility of the technology and will apply for the next step in the standardization process which is the creation of the Working Group. The WG will work on the standard creation.

The Call For Interest presentation can be found here.

For further information or if you would like to participate in the Study and Working groups you may get in touch with KDPOF at info@kdpof.com

San Francisco, March 2014

The POF AC, Polymer Optical Fiber Application Center from Nuernberg demonstrated KDPOF´s Gigabit POF technology in its booth during the last OFC Conference held in San Francisco.

According to the booth visitors, the new 1 Gbps over POF technology and the ASSP´s products from KDPOF are a major step forward in the development of different solutions in markets like home networks, automotive or professional applications.

The demonstration consisted on a Gigabit camera streaming data over 50 m of SI-POF. The point-to-point link was realized using KDPOF´s evaluation kit consisting on one pair of media converter boards.

The kit can be ordered from KDPOF website for evaluation purposes.

KDPOF will show its Gigabit POF technology up and running within commercial equipment from leading home and FTTH networking vendors like SkyLane Optics and Digital Strom at the next FTTH Conference that will take place this february in Stockholm.

Broadband Home Networks are the natural consequence of the high broadband access speeds offered by FTTH and new, easy to install and reliable technologies are needed. The concept of a mixed POF-WiFi in home network is the sweet spot that balances the need for speed, always on, always fast thanks to the POF backbone along with local WiFi AP´s providing mobility within the home.

A short presentation will be given at the Show on 19th Feb from 10:00 to 10:20 at the Exhibitor Presentation Room. The full program for the Exhibitor Presentation Room can be found on the conference website: http://stockholm.ftthcouncil.eu/programme/exhibitors-presentations

See you at SkyLane Optic´s booth S22, at the next FTTH Conference in Stockholm. See you there!

Baden-Baden (Germany), October 2013

KDPOF has joined forces with optoelectronics company AVAGO and automotive car harness  manufacturer YAZAKI to offer the automotive industry a 1 Gbps solution based on current automotive-qualified POF and connector system.

The place : Baden-Baden, in the frame of what is probably the most important automotive electronics show organized by VDI, the “Electronic Systems for Motor Vehicles” forum.

The result: A major impact for the automotive industry that is in strong need for a next generation communication bus that is able to support 1 Gbps data speeds.

The three companies showed a practical system streaming uncompressed 1 Gbps  ADAS data over an automotive grade POF and connector system. The link comprised 25 m of POF with one intermediate connector as well as another link 16m long with four intermediate connectors.

The system is ready for the market and waiting just for final automotive industry validation for some of its components. Other solutions based on copper are still in definition phase years away from market introduction.

You can download a white paper summarizing the system proposal and value proposition for the automotive industry here: POF in Automotive Camera Apps 

Binghamton, NY and Madrid, Spain – 30 September 2013

Electronic Links International, Inc. (ELII) with the headquarters in Binghamton NY, USA and Knowledge Development for POF, S.L (KDPOF) with the headquarters in Madrid, Spain, have reached an agreement whereby ELII will be manufacturing Ethernet Media Converters based on the KDPOF newly developed Gigabit Ethernet POF transceiver chip.

The converter delivers 1 Gbps of data over 50 meter of standard PMMA duplex wire and complies with the recently published 1 Gbps over POF norm DIN VDE v 0885-763.

Both, Mr. Oscar Ciordia, Marketing Director of KDPOF, and Francesco Liburdi, of Electronic Links International, Inc. agree that this new product should facilitate the proliferation of the POF technology with all the related advantages in the commercial market.

For additional information about product features, etc. Please contact Mr. Oscar Ciordia at o.ciordia@KDPOF.com and or Francesco Liburdi at fliburdi@electronic-links.com