Where optical networking interoperability work gets done.
The only global industry forum driving electrical, optical and control interoperability.
OIF is where the optical networking industry’s interoperability work gets done. Building on 20 years of effecting forward change in the industry, OIF represents the dynamic ecosystem of 100+ industry leading network operators, system vendors, component vendors and test equipment vendors collaborating to develop interoperable electrical, optical and control solutions that directly impact the industry’s ecosystem and facilitate global connectivity in the open network world.
This project creates an implementation agreement that serves as an extension to the Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS) specification, specifically targeting DCO modules and DWDM functions. 
Common Electrical I/O projects include 112G-XSR, 112G-Very Short Reach, 112G in MCM, 112G-LR, 112G-MR. 
During OIF’s Q3 meeting in May 2020, members formally approved a proposed project start to address next generation architectures and data rates around 224 Gbps for CEI interfaces. 
FlexE is a technology for extending standard Ethernet PHYs to add support for bonding, sub-rating and channelization and also provides support for a side-band message channels and time synchronization. 
Network operators are deploying Software Defined Networks (SDN) to enable programmability of their networks for efficiency, speed of deployment and new revenue-generating network services. 
OIF’s 2020 Transport SDN Application Programming Interface (API) interoperability demonstration event will focus on SDN-based programmability, control and automation and showcase testing in Telefonica’s lab in Europe over a six-week period (September to October). 
