Re: [EFM-Copper] RE: [EFM] Official Nickname for our standard?
Hugh and all
Short reach and long reach are established terms in other metro segments,
so much so that some folks think the S 1000BASE-SX stands for short reach.
How about SR Copper and LR Copper?? Marking folks can then insert EFM SR Cu
and EFM LR Cu. Leaves room for IR cu.....:)))
Bruce
At 07:31 AM 5/25/2003 -0700, Hugh Barrass wrote:
>John,
>
>... because "EFM" does not appear in either the PAR or anywhere in the
>draft. We haven't adopted EFM as an "official" name for anything.
>
>Scott,
>
>One possibility might be 10P"reg name" and 2B"reg name" - with registers
>applicable to both being 10P/2B"reg name" - that is fairly short and unique.
>
>Alternatively SA"reg name" (by dropping the N, we avoid confusion with the
>storage version).
>
>Hugh.
>
>
>John.Egan@infineon.com wrote:
>
> > Why not use EFMC?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Simon [mailto:scottprops@speakeasy.net]
> > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 1:59 PM
> > To: stds-802-3-efm@ieee.org; stds-802-3-efm-copper@ieee.org
> > Subject: [EFM] Official Nickname for our standard?
> >
> > Hey All,
> >
> > Here's another question. Do we have an official nickname for our
> standard? For example, 10GBASE-X registers in Clause 45 are called "10G
> <register name>".
> >
> > Do we have something like "EFM <register name"? "10PASS-TS/2BASE-TL
> <register name>" seems a little lengthy. Maybe we just live with the
> long winded version, but is there a good alternative?
> >
> > As far as I remember, we are discouraged from using EFM in the
> draft. What about these suggestions:
> >
> > SAN -- $ub$criber access network? (a good joke against our storage
> colleagues)
> > SuNe -- $ub$criber network?
> > SAP -- $ub$criber access PHY?
> >
> > What does everyone think?
> >
> > I have a comment to put something in front of the 10PASS-TS/2BASE-TL
> registers, I'll just use the long winded version if no one has a better idea.
> >
> > -=Scott
Bruce Tolley
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