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Glen and all,
I would caution against thinking that “wavelengths” are like a commodity. Unlike people, not all wavelengths are created equal, I’m afraid to say.
Moreover, we don’t allocate individual wavelengths, but actually wavelength bands, with width of which has a huge effect on cost of components. This is what the presentations at the last meeting from Ed and I were getting at.
The worst thing is that we are not starting from a clean slate – there is a lot of legacy there, and also other optics defined in the market that could be reused.
All in all, it is a very complex decision to make, and you can’t simplify it to “Keep the number of wavelengths to a minimum”.
Other than that, your basic ideas of the fully flexible kind of system I generally agree with. Indeed, my preso in Dallas suggested many of these same features.
They are a nice ‘wish list’ at this point. The killer question is: can we achieve all of them? It’s not so clear to me now.
Sincerely,
Frank E. From: Glen Kramer [mailto:glen.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Curtis, I'd like to discuss the general architecture approach. We had a number of presentations in Dallas leading towards this approach, but since the Dallas meeting was per-TF, we didn't make any formal decisions. In Atlanta, we started looking
into various low-level details, but the big picture is left undefined. My slides are attached. All feedback is welcome. Thanks, Glen On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Curtis Knittle <C.Knittle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Dear Colleagues,
This coming Thursday, February 18, 11:30-1:00 Mountain Time, we will hold an IEEE 802.3ca 100G-EPON consensus building meeting. Please let me know by Wednesday noon (Mountain Time)
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