Re: PMD discussion
Seto,
I thought about giving 8B/10B over 4-channel WDM a different name for my
"Wide/Coarse WDM LAN PCS/PMA" presentation in Ottawa:
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/ae/public/may00/taborek_3_0500.pdf.
However, I decided not to since doing so may only confuse the issue.
1) It is well understood that 8B/10B is the the primary proposal for the LAN WDM
PCS;
2) Any name, such as "Hari" and "SUPI" will be removed by the committee in favor
of an architectural layer, sublayer or interface. For the WDM case, 8B/10B is
the PCS;
3) Idle pattern randomization is a minor attribute of the code which need not be
highlighted with a new name. The randomization is universally applicable to all
4-channel 8B/10B transports including XAUI and the WDM PCS.
Best Regards,
Rich
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"Seto, Koichiro" wrote:
>
> [Date: 05/28/2000 From Seto]
>
> Yes, something called SUPI (Simple Universal PMD I/F) has been proposed by
> Paul Bottorff. See his presentation at IEEE802.3ae May interim. I assume
> this is a part of WAN PHY PMA.
>
> to Rich,
> I'd suggest that you give a new name for your 8B10B x 4ch coding scheme for
> WWDM which includes idle pattern randomization. Any idea?
>
> Seto
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