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Customer and Market Issues:
Customer and Market Issues:
10
10
Gbps
Gbps
Ethernet on Category
Ethernet on Category
5 or Better Cabling
5 or Better Cabling
Bruce Tolley
Cisco Systems, Inc

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0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total
Fiber
Copper
GbE

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10
10
GbE
GbE
Layer Diagram
Layer Diagram
Media Access Control (MAC)
Full Duplex
Media Access Control (MAC)
Full Duplex
CWDM
CWDM
PMD
PMD
1310 nm
1310 nm
Serial
Serial
PMD
PMD
850 nm
850 nm
CWDM
CWDM
LAN PHY
LAN PHY
(8B/10B)
(8B/10B)

PMD
PMD
1310 nm
1310 nm
Serial
Serial
PMD
PMD
1550 nm
1550 nm
Serial
Serial
WAN PHY
WAN PHY
(64B/66B + WIS)
(64B/66B + WIS)
-LX4 -SR -LR -SW -LW -EW-ER
Source: Cisco Systems
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Pluggable
Pluggable
10
10
GbE
GbE
Modules: The Surfeit of
Modules: The Surfeit of
SKUs
SKUs