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Re: [802.3BA] 802.3ba XR ad hoc next step concern




From the requests by Dan and Mikael it would seem that you have both missed my contribution to the XR teleconference which included a cost analysis of the sort you request.  Here are the relevant charts.  Here the XR optics are presumed to be different than that of the 100m PMD, and therefore carry a cost premium.  That differential disappears with a statistical spec methodology.





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Dan,
 
Well, it is all relative - I am not sure what the cost premium is from an expensive sedan and a luxury SUV.
 
Here is what we do know:
 
We know the costs of SR.
 
Jack Jewell presented the following economic feasibility slide in the HSSG tutorial which shows a slight yield penalty for 12x arrays.
 

 
And Jack also presented cost estimates of an improved transmitter in Munich:
 

 
This is the data that I presented in November of 2006:
 

 

 
 
Does that help?  

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Steve,

I think the issue is one of volumes.

 
Lacking data, I am getting the impression that the 100m is actually an expensive sedan and 150m is a luxury SUV.
 
Perhaps you can provide a chart that shows the distribution of lengths and the relative costs associated with them, and we can use that as the basis for further understanding? I know that this data has been presented in various presentations, but a nice succinct chart would be helpful.

Dan



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Geoff,
 
You know me - I like analogies; I seem to remember using airplanes as an example during the development of 10GbE, something like comparing 747s to regional jets. I also like automobiles so let give you my take on where we are at as it relates to 802.3ba.
 
I agree that the bulk of automobile product line only has 5 passenger capacity. However, how many cars will you see this morning on the way to work will have five people in them? Very few - most will have one and some will have two. Using the 802.3ba philosophy, we would standardize a two-seater since that is what the majority of the market needs. We would ignore the typical sedan which gives broader market coverage at maybe, just maybe a small premium. I view the XR variant as the typical sedan.
 
We have an objective for Scooters - 10m of copper - just get me from here to there at the lowest cost
We have an objective for a Smart car - 100m of MMF - good enough for most commuters
We have an objective for a Greyhound bus - 10km of SMF
We have an objective for a turbo-charged Greyhound bus (or a John Madden luxury liner or a 747) - 40km of SMF)
 
But we have ignored the family sedan that provides broader coverage at a reasonable cost. Our argument is that it is not large enough or doesn't warrant the extra cost. I see 10-20% of a lot of ports as much, much bigger than 100% of hardly any ports (albeit expensive ones). I don't hear anyone talking about how small the 40km SMF market is.
 
I still don't get it.
 
Best regards,
 
Steve
 
 


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At 06:35 PM 8/25/2008 , Swanson, Steven E wrote:
What should we tell our customers who have link lengths longer than 100m and want (or require) a standardized solution?

We should tell them the same thing that we tell our twisted pair customers.


That would be that their market is not large enough to:
 - Warrant a separate solution in the standard.
 - Burden the 100 meter solution with the extra costs required to meet their needs


There is nothing terrible or onorous about this. A line has to be drawn for all volume products. For passenger automobiles, the standard is clearly 5 passengers. Does a car salesman have to make excuses that the bulk of his product line only has a 5 passenger capacity? Of course not. Do some car companies think they can make money with larger vehicles? Of course.