Re: [EFM] Forward from Glen Kramer
SAAN sounds good.
SG
--- Howard Frazier <millardo@dominetsystems.com>
wrote:
>
> Scott,
>
> This is a good question and it goes beyond the
> copper track.
> The 802 group is known as "LAN/MAN Standards
> Committee".
> Yet 802.3ah defines a network which is neither LAN
> nor
> MAN... The name we choose will be used not only in
> our
> standard, but will find its way into marketing and
> research
> literature.
>
> Traditionally networks were classified by their
> geographical
> span: Local Area Networks (LANs), Metropolitan Area
> Networks
> (MANs), or Wide Area Networks (WANs). Following
> this
> ideology, we would call our network something like
> "Neighborhood Area Network" (NAN).
>
> Alternatively we may emphasize the network purpose
> and call
> it "Access Network" or "$ub$criber Access Network".
> In my
> opinion "Access Network" is not descriptive enough,
> and as
> you mentioned the abbreviation for "$ub$criber
> Access
> Network" clashes with "Storage Area Networks".
>
> The name "Storage Area Network" makes very little
> sense as
> it combines purpose (storage) and area.
> Surprisingly, the
> name caught on. By this analogy we may call our
> network
> "Access Area Network (AAN)" or "$ub$criber Access
> Area
> Network (SAAN)".
>
> Are there any other suggestions?
>
> Long live the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN/SAAN(?) Standards
> Committee!
>
> Cheers,
> Glen
>
>
>
>
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