Why automotive optical networks are different: IEEE 802.3cz versus data center and PON technologies

ADAS Data E/E Architecture Sensors Software Software-Defined Vehicle Standards and Regulations Testing and Validation Vehicle Networks

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As vehicles adopt bandwidth-intensive sensors and centralized computing, optical communications are becoming essential.

This session reviews the IEEE 802.3cz nGBASE-AU standard, highlighting the challenges of automotive optical networks, key PHY innovations, advanced DSP techniques, and comparisons with data-center and PON-based optical communication approaches.

What you’ll learn:

Why vehicles need optical communications
How IEEE 802.3cz solves the automotive challenge
Why automotive optical Ethernet is different from data-center and PON solutions
What IEEE 802.3cz means for the future of software-defined vehicles

Meet the experts

Luisma Torres

Principal Engineer, KD

KD

Founded in 2010 in Madrid, KD is a fabless semiconductor supplier providing high- speed optical networking solutions for harsh environments.

Its cost-effective automotive-grade ASSPs integrate electronics, photonics, and optics in a single IC, leveraging information theory, adaptive algorithms, and analog design for maximum sensitivity.

KD’s innovations in optical coupling and packaging enable integration of optical ports in electronic control units using standard PCB assembly. This supports high- yield, reliable production in low-cost CMOS nodes, offering carmakers low-risk, cost- effective, and fast solutions.

KD pioneered gigabit communication for SI-POF and is now advancing multi-gigabit solutions for Glass Optical Fiber (GOF).

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Why automotive optical networks are different: IEEE 802.3cz versus data center and PON technologies

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Luisma Torres

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