Re: Nomenclature update
Except that 100BASE-T4 uses 4 pairs in the same cable, just like 1000BASE-T.
JR
At 09:03 AM 5/31/00 +0200, Erik van Oosten wrote:
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>Seto,
>
>It almost works.
>
>The structure of the cable does not matter as much as the
>number of cables. In 1000BASE-T there is 1 UTP cable (with 4
>pairs inside, but that won't bother the users). Now we have
>both serial and WDM over 1 fiber-pair. (Funny how this works
>differently for fiber.)
>
>I like the proposed names but we should adopt them only for
>the right reasons.
>
> Erik.
>
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>"Seto, Koichiro" wrote:
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>> [Date: 05/30/2000 From Seto]
>>
>> Hello again,
>>
>> Here is another theory. Let me see if this works.
>>
>> In 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX and so on, we assume serial as
>> default. We don't call 100BASE-FX as 100BASE-FX1 or 100BASE-TX as
>> 100BASE-TX1, even though we call 100BASE-T4 as 100BASE-T4 and 100BASE-T2
>> as 100BASE-T2. As long as the transmission scheme is serial, we don't
>> need another letter to distinguish serial as serial.
>>
>> According to this theory, we may be able to name 10GBASE-xxx as follow:
>>
>> 850nm Serial LAN 10GBASE-SX
>> 1310nm Serial LAN 10GBASE-LX
>> 1550nm Serial LAN 10GBASE-EX
>> 850nm WWDM LAN 10GBASE-SX4
>> 1310nm WWDM LAN 10GBASE-LX4
>>
>> 850nm Serial WAN 10GBASE-SW
>> 1310nm Serial WAN 10GBASE-LW
>> 1550nm Serial WAN 10GBASE-EW
>> 850nm WWDM WAN 10GBASE-SW4
>> 1310nm WWDM WAN 10GBASE-LW4
>>
>> I know there is a flaw in my new theory. According to this theory,
>> 1000BASE-T should have been called '1000BASE-T4'. ;-)
>> In any event, I think the naming of an Ethernet standard has been very much
>> market oriented. Usually, the names come first and the reasons follow.
>>
>> Seto
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>* Erik van Oosten
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