Method and a system for transporting of data with integrated protocol mapping function

A pluggable module configured to be plugged into at least one cage of an interface card, and configured to perform a protocol mapping between a transport protocol and an application protocol, said pluggable module comprising:

• a MSA compatible pluggable module which comprises an integrated protocol mapping unit with a power consumption of less than 500 mW and said integrated protocol mapping unit is formed by a field programmable gate array (FPGA),
• at least one embedded communication channel configured to exchange performance monitoring data and configuration data between said pluggable module and a far-end device,
• wherein for performing said protocol mapping from the application protocol to said transport protocol said pluggable module is configured to:
• separate management data and user data of said application protocol,
• perform a Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) based mapping of said user data into containers of said transport protocol,
• perform a concatenation of said containers to transport protocol frames each consisting of a header and payload, and to
• perform a direct mapping of said management data of said application protocol into the headers of said transport protocol frames.

A method for transporting data between host devices of a network via at least one optical fibre, comprising:

• connecting a pluggable module attached to said optical fibre to a corresponding cage of one of said host devices;
• performing an energy efficient protocol mapping between an application protocol and a transport protocol,
• wherein said pluggable module provides at least one embedded communication channel which exchanges performance monitoring data and configuration data between said pluggable module and a far-end device,
• wherein said protocol mapping from the application protocol to said transport protocol is performed by:
• separating management data and user data of said application protocol,
• performing a Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) based mapping of said user data into containers of said transport protocol,
• performing a concatenation of said containers to transport protocol frames each consisting of a header and payload, and
• performing a direct mapping of said management data of said application protocol into the headers of said transport protocol frames, and
• wherein said pluggable module is a MSA compatible pluggable module which comprises an integrated protocol mapping unit with a power consumption of less than 500 mW, and said integrated protocol mapping unit is formed by a field programmable gate array (FPGA).