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Re: Renaming the WAN PHY




David,

David Martin wrote:
> A 10GE port by definition will interface with a matching
> 10GE port.

Could you please elaborate what definition that is? I do not
understand your certainty.

Regards,
    Erik van Oosten.


> David Martin wrote:
> 
> Gary,
> 
> It's a different path this time. A Packet Over SONET port by
> definition
> interfaces with another SONET port, and thus must be fully
> SONET compliant.
> A 10GE port by definition will interface with a matching
> 10GE port.
> Other equipment within that second network element tweaks
> the 10GE signal to make it fully SONET compliant.
> Please refer to the following presentation for more
> background:
> 
> http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/ae/public/mar00/bottorff_2_0300.pdf
> 
> I'm open to any proposal for an alternative naming
> convention that helps
> clarify the work, and makes Jonathan's life easier.
> 
> ...Dave

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