RE: 1550nm Serial PMD Question
Marshall,
There was never an intent to do this. Sorry if this was confusing. These
links were intended to be lowest cost PHYs. Even if the center wavelength
matched the ITU grid, there was no desire that the spectral width would meet
ITU requirements. To do so would have added significantly to the cost.
jonathan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Eisenberg [mailto:marshall@foundrynet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 7:40 AM
> To: stds-802-3-hssg@ieee.org
> Subject: 1550nm Serial PMD Question
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> All,
> A while back there were rumors that the 1550nm Serial PMD
> would be ITU Grid
> Spec compliant, making it DWDM 'ready' I've downloaded
> draft D3.0 and
> cannot find any references or further notations. Can anyone
> shed any light
> on this or point out the relevant section in the draft?
>
> Regards,
>
> Marshall Eisenberg
> Director of product marketing
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