Re: PAM-5, what are your BERs ?
Ed,
Bingo!
However, it is not FEC that is t the core of the issue. The real culprit is
MultiLevel encoding which may require FEC to achieve technical and economic
feasibility as a 10 GbE PHY.
I am very happy to see optical experts like yourself taking a look at how
different MultiLevel signaling is from traditional binary signaling, noting the
advantages, and helping to resolve the issues that arise.
Best Regards,
Rich
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Edward Chang wrote:
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> Jaime:
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> The inclusion of the FEC will bring new issues to the specifications.
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> Of course, those issues can be resolved.
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> Regards,
>
> Edward S. Chang
> NetWorth Technologies, Inc.
> EChang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-stds-802-3-hssg@xxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jaime Kardontchik
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 12:59 PM
> To: stds-802-3-hssg@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: PAM-5, what are your BERs ?
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> Edward Chang wrote:
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> > Sean:
> >
> > Thanks for reminding us FEC.
> >
> > The BER defined in the standard is the actual error rate without any error
> > correction. This establishes the fundamental reliability and quality
> > criteria of components, systems, and technologies.
> >
> > The error correction techniques can be added as an option for applications
> > which need better BER than what has been specified in the standard.
> > However, this is outside of the standard.
> >
> > For cost-effectiveness, I believe users will request the specified BER in
> > the standard should be sufficient without added error collection.
> >
> >
> > Edward S. Chang
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